The Newsroom

BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

(July 2006)

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PE
Pete Founding member
cortomaltese posted:
Yeah, I've never quite got the point of switching from bbcnews.com to bbc.com/news: they both redirect to news.bbc.co.uk!


yes but by using bbc.com/news you're flagging the concept of bbc.com, their international facing site
CO
cortomaltese
Hymagumba posted:
cortomaltese posted:
Yeah, I've never quite got the point of switching from bbcnews.com to bbc.com/news: they both redirect to news.bbc.co.uk!


yes but by using bbc.com/news you're flagging the concept of bbc.com, their international facing site


I see, but then again, bbc.com redirects to bbc.co.uk
MI
m_in_m
I think bbc.com only redirects to bbc.co.uk if it thinks you are based in the UK. Otherwise I think it send you to an International homepage.
CO
cortomaltese
m_in_m posted:
I think bbc.com only redirects to bbc.co.uk if it thinks you are based in the UK. Otherwise I think it send you to an International homepage.


Well, I'm in Germany, it opens the International version, but I still get redirected to bbc.co.uk

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