How do I prevent being redirected to a region-specific page? I keep being sent to a .AU instead of the US version of the site, even when I type it in specificly.
I am trying to visit a website (www.citychiconline.com) and I am repeatedly redirected to www.citychic.com.au, which is the Australian version of the website. I often am redirected to regional pages, but the problem is usually easily fixed by manually typing in the desired site. I have already disabled the automatic region detection in Firefox, so I am confused as to why this problem would persist. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Web sites can use the location of your ISP to redirect you to a different server or regional site; that is difficult to defeat without a proxy or anonymizing service. If the site uses Java or Flash, they often can obtain additional system information such as your language. They also might set a cookie indicating your preferred site, although that is easy to clear (right-click the page, View Page Info > Security > View Cookies).
Since each site has its own strategies for segmenting its customers, you might have to experiment with a variety of strategies.
Thanks very much, jscher2000. I was afraid that it would have something to do with my ISP. I'm not terribly comfortable with playing with proxies so I probably won't be tampering with that. I've cleared the cookies on the page and that doesn't seem to be changing anything. Thanks again for the information. :)