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Google Store Eradicates UK  (View post)

Tadeusz Szewczyk [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
18 years ago

Good guerilla marketing! But they took away Iceland too without giving them something like the default currency...

As if Bjoerk never existed!

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Madagascar (huge island near Africa) doesn't exist for Google Store too...

Carlos Farmer [PersonRank 0]

18 years ago #

I am a dolphing trying to come back to the Atlantic, but Gibraltar got stuck to Morocco!!

Splasho [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

And they do have Hawaii! Shows something..

Splasho [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Although I notice you can change currency to €

Taiwanese Hank [PersonRank 1]

18 years ago #

* Madagascar: 587,040 km².
* The UK: 244,820 km².
* Iceland: 103,000 km²
* Atlantis: ?

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Like says Caro : "And Greenland? And Cuba?"
Bad Google, bad... ;)

PS : woww, I'm PersonRank 10! Awesome :)

Luca [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

example
http://www.google-store.com/index.php?currency=GBP&cPath=21

on the left down corner:
change currency to view USdollar --> Pound --->Euro

Pen-g-uin the Emperor [PersonRank 0]

18 years ago #

and what about the antarctic (14,000,000 km²)? really bad internet conection here already anyway... kind of makes one feel neglected :(

European [PersonRank 0]

18 years ago #

But Hawaii are well oversized. :)

Caleb E [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

It's just supposed to be a regional map; if you look at the actual links, it has US, non US americas, and Europe. It's not really a big deal! Was the UK ever there?

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Caleb, it's at least the wrong interface metaphor. Same goes for using a country-flag for a language choice. Look at this page using the US flag to switch to English:
http://www.combots.com

Sergey and Larry [PersonRank 1]

18 years ago #

We regret the omission, however we were ordered to remove certain countries from our map, and we simply forgot to include the standard disclaimer:

"Certain countries have been eliminated to comply with lawful Chinese foreign and domestic policy."

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

UK is back!
http://www.googlestore.com/

Support Freedom! [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

No Taiwan! Sergey and Larry take their orders from Beijing too seriously!

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