A Moment of Wisdom

Google does … just search for time. Personally, I trust Google’s answer on the simple question of “What Time Is It?” But then they start weirding me out a little when they tell me where I am. They list the city and state right by the time display which is cool but how accurate are they in locating my actual position? My guess is that they use the IP lookup and resolve that back down to the ISP. Does anybody out there know the inside scoop on this technology?

1. Chad Bunyard says:

   October 20, 2009 at 11:53 am

   I just did a test from my work computer. It shows me in Richmond, but if I proxy through my home network, it shows me in Chesterfield. So I think you’re right – it’s done through an IP lookup. I bet if you enable the location-aware feature in Firefox 3.5, it would use that instead.

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