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Now what's the reasoning for doing something like that?

• rplnt 14y ago
  My guess would be that the ad network they are using doesn't give anything for German views/hits. So they are saving on traffic costs. If it were the case that they have some local brand (as is the case when you can't buy music/games/etc online), it would probably redirect somewhere else as Google.
  • Roelven 14y ago
    That's possibly the lamest and poorest user experience I've ever come across.
  • ovi256 14y ago
    It looks like they redirect in JS. That's after most page assests are loaded, so it won't save much bandwidth.
    • rplnt 14y ago
      Huh, that's true. Maybe they just don't like Germans then.