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    Redirected to Google UK?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Tugstein, Oct 13, 2008.

  1. Tugstein

    Tugstein Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, so whenever I try to go to Google I am redirected to Google UK...
    This is happening in every browser..
    So I'm just wondering what I can do to fix this? (I don't know what I did to change it in the first place?)
     
    Tugstein, Oct 13, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yeah thats normal.

    Google will redirect you to the national website. The main search will still be the same thing.
     
    flipfire, Oct 13, 2008
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  3. Tugstein

    Tugstein Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh..

    I'm in the US.. (Perhaps I should have mentioned that.)
     
    Tugstein, Oct 13, 2008
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    You either are running a UK OS or downloaded a UK English firefox instead of US english firefox
     
    X2P, Oct 13, 2008
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    They normally redirect you based on your IP's location.

    But you can click on " Go to Google.com" on the UK site, and it will bring you back to the Google US main site. Once you clicked that, it will save the setting in a cookie and it will always bring you to Google US automatically until either you cleared the cookies or you click on "Go to Google UK".

    [​IMG]
     
    stewie, Oct 13, 2008
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