Google forces a translation to Japanese

[Noam Rathaus]

Hi Shahacr,

A bit far fetched, if you control the web server, could you verify
that there is no special treatment to Google Bots in regard to the
responses receives/sent to it?

Also I noticed the web server doesn't specify which language it
responds with, it is worth "telling" it via the Content-Language
header.

2009/9/14 Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz>:
> Hi all,
>
> One of my clients is having a weird problem, and I'm pretty much at my wit's
> end as for what to do about it.
>
> The site is called "Tzofit" (at tzofit.co.il), and is an index and publisher
> for Zimmers. When you search Google for "צימרים" the site appears on the
> second page, and when you search Google for "צופית" it is the first result.
> In both cases, you cannot miss it - Google displays the site's title and
> summary as Japanese!
>
> Now here's where it gets really strange. While the main site is proclaimed
> to be in Japanese, all the deep links are in Hebrew. If you ask to see the
> Google cache, the site appears in Hebrew. If you search for its address
> directly (tzofit.co.il), the site appears with correct title and summary.
> The only explanation I have is that this is a Google index bug.
>
> The problem is that even if that is the case, I cannot see what I can do
> about it. I tried to ask about it on the Google forums
> (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=08c423ea40d5c1ab&hl=en),
> but, as expected, got not replies. On the other hand, I did not manage to
> find anything wrong with the actual page.
>
> Trying to translate the Japanese text, using Google Translate, back to
> English seems to show that the text translates, but is not coherent
> sentences. Then again, looking at the raw encoding, this does not appear to
> be Hebrew interpreted with the wrong encoding (or am I missing something?)
>
> If anyone has any clue, it would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Shachar
>
> --
> Shachar Shemesh
> Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
> http://www.lingnu.com
>
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