Re: [tlug] Kanji & Google (Was: i18n)

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

Tony Laszlo wrote:
>> This may or may not be related, but I've noticed that google tends to 
>> return chinese pages when the user inputs Japanese kanji, and vice versa. 
>> Maybe google thinks that 字 is 字 is 字. 

I use Google with Japanese keys several times a day, and rarely ever get 
Chinese pages returned. I use a Javascript applet for this, and it
has the "hl=ja" parameter set, which seems to lock it into looking
at/for Japanese-only pages.

Here is the applet, if anyone is interested (it is the version that
works with Mozilla):

javascript:q=document.getSelection();for(i=0;i<frames.length;i++){q=frames[i].document.getSelection();if(q)break;}if(!q)void(q=prompt('Enter text to search using Google. You can also highlight a word on this web page before clicking Google Search.',''));if(q)location.href='http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&hl=ja&ie='+document.characterSet+'&q='+escape(q)

Jim

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