How to change from Google.xx to Google.com?Solved/Closed

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Hello,

   I have a new laptop bought on the USA but I am living in Spain at the moment. When I type www.google.com to use google to perform a search, it automatically changes to www.google.es That happened to me in other computers so I know that if I click "google.com in English" it goes to www.google.com. But with my laptop it immediately goes back to www.google.es and if I perform a search, it gives the results in spanish first. Searching for pictures or news is even more painful.  Could anybody tell me how to change the settings so I can use www.google.com instead of www.google.es? 


    Thanks in advance.System Configuration: Windows Vista
Internet Explorer 7.0

Mr C. · Accepted Answer

I use Windows® and Internet Explorer 8.

I usually get redirected to https://www.google.co.nz/?gws_rd=ssl 

However, typing "/ncr" (no country redirect) after the address takes me to that site with no redirection

eg:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl  = google.com
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl  = google.co.uk

Should be the same for other countries.

jerald · Answer

Type www.google.com/ncr it will redirect you to your english google web site

Bandar · Answer

I did the following with Firefox and worked from three different countries:


1- Set Firefox's Home Page to https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl  

For example, Tools --- > Options --- > in the Home Page blank paste (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl



2- In the top right corner of Firefox where the different search engines bar, click on the little down arrow, then choose Manage Search Engines. It will open up for you a new window. At the bottom of this window, click on "Get more search engines".

 It will open for you a add-ons page, write in the search box "google" to narrow the adds-on. then scroll down to an add-on called "English language-specific Google search". Click on Download now and your are done ! 


Greetings

Liem KF · Answer

Hi, I tried this and this worked on OPERA 10.1.

Click  "Tools" Tab
Select "Preference"
Click "Search"  Tab
Remove "Google" from the list
Add "Google" from the list
Click "Details"
Copy and Paste this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&sourceid=opera&num=%i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Close the screen


Just trry to search using Top Right Panel using "Google"

Let me know if this work of not on your system.

Cheers,

Liem KF

BuddyLee · Answer

I use Linux , I'm in the US on a US server and everything has worked fine for the past year until I installed Google Chrome.  Uhm...  IE. it's Google Chrome's fault.  it redirects me to google.co.uk which is really weird...  all of my settings are set to english, my region is set to US, my google preferences are set to english.  It is really puzzling that it would redirect my www.google.com to google.co.uk

With all that said, www.google.com/ncr fixed my problem.

waseem3000 · Answer

I think I can solve this problem for at least the default search in Internet Explorer 8.

On the search field in Internet Explorer click on Manage Search Providers and delete all names of google. If you havent added more than google then you should at least one more temporarily that is by clicking on Finding more providers and choose for instance Yahoo Search and set it as default and then you can delete Google.

Ok now in find more search providers page there is a link which is Create Your Own Provider

By clicking on it you see three fields which is URL, name and encoding.

In URL enter

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&source=hp&q=test&rlz=1R2WZPC_enAE358&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&fp=86f43777e436a6c1

and name it like Google English

Keep Character Encoding as whatever appears and save it....


This fixes my problem and now whenever I search on google from Internet Explorer I dont see the dreaded language pages and search in English and it doesnt display anything else.

If you screw up or it doesnt work simply add Google from more search providers and set as default and delete this one you made and you can go back to how it was before.


I hope this helps.

Waseem.

richermorris · Answer

I'm in Canada, but need to use google.com because I check the position of my website there.
I changed my home page in Internet Options to https://www.google.com/?hl=en&gws_rd=ssl
Clidk on Apply and OK. 
Now I load google.com instead of google.ca. All my searches are on google.com.

Ling · Answer

set your homepage as below.
https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&gws_rd=ssl

it works for me. hope it helps.

b · Answer

/ncr

www.google.com/ncr

www.yahoo.com/ncr

etc.

PR · Answer

Use https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl where ncr equals "no country redirect"

keep-it-simple · Answer

I'm using google chrome on an apple imac.

there's a spanner symbol at the top right hand side of the toolbar in google chrome called "Customize and control google chrome". 

Select this and choose "Preferences"

Set the "On startup" preference to "Open the homepage"

Set the "Homepage" preference to "Open this page:" and copy the following into the box:

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&gws_rd=ssl

Why the "search engineers" at google believe there are only locals living in each country, i.e. there wouldn't be people who are INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS is beyond me...surely a quick brainstorming session would throw that up in 2 minutes?

SuperJKD · Answer

In Chrome under Options (the wrench) go to Default Search -> Manage

In the new window fill in the boxes as follows:

Name: Google.XX
Keyword: Google.XX
URL: http://www.google.XX/search?q=%s  
** where XX is the specified country, in my case I used .ca for Canada

Kein · Answer

use this as your homepage

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&complete=0&gws_rd=ssl

and for the search bar get an google.com (in English) add-on

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