title: Google Maps Web site and API : different results
body: <p>Why do calls to the Google Maps Geocoder API return different results than what I see in my browser?</p>
  
  <p>This one returns many items :<br>
  <a href="http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=McDonald,+paris">http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=McDonald,+paris</a></p>
  
  <p>This one returns a ZERO_RESULT :<br>
  <a href="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?McDonald,+paris&amp;sensor=false">http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?McDonald,+paris&amp;sensor=false</a></p>