Location aware not working properly

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in DuckDuckGo Forum • 8 months ago

Hi everybody.

First of all, I never took lessons so I'm sorry if my english isn't very good.

Now, I was exploring my bag of goodies and there's a section called "location aware" that doesn't seem to be detecting my location (Buenos Aires).

If I click the first 5 items it just show me some regular search results.

i.e. sunrise gives me the following 0-click box:

Get results for different meanings of Sunrise:
Sunrise is the instant at which the upper edge of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east.
"Sunrise", a song by New Order from Low-Life
Tequila Sunrise (cocktail) - The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made in two different ways, the original and the more popular concoction.
Companies (3)
Media (24)
The United States (10)
Canada (1)
Other uses (4)
See also (7)

Is it raining? and Is it Snowing? are both aware of my location:

No; No snow is falling. Sigh. ( Wilde, Buenos Aires, Argentina) More at IsItSnowingYet

Not totally aware though, since my location is not Wilde but close enough, also, it never snows in Buenos Aires so I'm not going to be checking that very often LOL.

That is all.

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AGreenEar..

Re: Location aware not working properly

8 months ago

Welcome to the forums, ducky_the_duck!

I'm in New York, NY and the "sunrise" zero-click is working. However, I'm having the same issue as you with the "sunset" zero-click though.

Maybe one of the zero-clicks overrode the other?

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ducky_the..

Re: Location aware not working properly

8 months ago

You're probably right, I have no idea how this kind of things work so I can't tell for sure.

Thanks for your answer.

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Re: Location aware not working properly

8 months ago

It only works really if it detects your location correctly via the IP address. Both are currently working for me. You can see what we know/guess by typing your ip address as a search.

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yegg13

Re: Location aware not working properly

8 months ago

It only works really if it detects your location correctly via the IP address. Both are currently working for me. You can see what we know/guess by typing your ip address as a search.

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ducky_the..

Re: Location aware not working properly

8 months ago

If I type my IP address it shows me "Wilde, Buenos Aires, Argentina" and as I said, even though that's not my exact location is close enough to say it's working.

Don't worry about it, it's not a feature that I'm desperate to use, I was just reporting something that didn't seem to be working

yegg13