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« on: May 11, 2012, 05:07:40 PM » |
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As of around 9pm GMT Google.com is redirecting me to Google.co.uk
All browsers, all computers in the house.
This has buggered up my address bar search in Opera.
Has this happened to everyone in the UK?
Just those on TalkTalk?
Or just me!
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rgdot
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 05:31:47 PM » |
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It is 'supposed' to do that, I am in Canada and have been getting redirected to .ca for a long time I guess it might still affect your search but adding /ncr bypasses the country specific domain www.google.com/ncr |
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Stephen66515
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 05:33:59 PM » |
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As of around 9pm GMT Google.com is redirecting me to Google.co.uk
All browsers, all computers in the house.
This has buggered up my address bar search in Opera.
Has this happened to everyone in the UK?
Just those on TalkTalk?
Or just me!
Suddenly? - It's been doing that for years... |
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Ampa
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 05:36:53 PM » |
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Odd - interesting I've always been able to get to both sites depending upon which TLD I use... now it seems keen that I use the UK site. Oh well  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2012, 05:40:51 PM » |
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Odd - interesting I've always been able to get to both sites depending upon which TLD I use... now it seems keen that I use the UK site. Oh well I have always been directed to the .co.uk :/ |
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tomos
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2012, 06:24:16 PM » |
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funny, I used always get redirected to .de, but now I can go to directly to the .com version |
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fenixproductions
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2012, 07:22:17 PM » |
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I guess it might still affect your search but adding /ncr bypasses the country specific domain www.google.com/ncrSince it is fed on cookies, it redirects me to country specific domain  More annoying on VPN. |
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rgdot
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2012, 07:27:39 PM » |
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Since it is fed on cookies, it redirects me to country specific domain I have it bookmarked and it works, strange |
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fenixproductions
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 07:30:58 PM » |
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@rgdot
As I've said: cookies.
If I allow Google to store them… no problems with this link BUT I want my search results not to be too smart.
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4wd
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2012, 07:48:57 PM » |
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Using Firefox with the search settings at default I get the following:
1) search term in the search field will auto-redirect to .au
2) search term in the address field will stay at .com
Been this way for at least a couple of years. Addendum: Forget what I said, it's the OptimizeGoogle addon which kicks it to www.google.com when it forces it to https  Still, interesting side effect. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2012, 06:58:22 AM » |
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Google is creating local profiles for search results, so it is forcing users to stay within local boundaries. That said, you can always use google.com/ncr
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