Google: Incorrect language settings

[Ian Petersen]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>  If typing "www.google.com" actually gets you "www.google.com", you're
>  in a very small group in Canada.  I get redirected to "www.google.ca"
>  at home, at work, everywhere I've ever seen.  Check and see if it's
>  happening to you.  If it isn't, it may be that your hosting provider
>  has an American address?  Going to a country-specific google such as
>  "www.google.es" seems to work without redirections, but I think the
>  .com address always redirects.

Perhaps Lennart has clicked on the "Go to Google.com" link at some
time in the past.  I just did the following:

1. type google.com into the URL bar
2. get redirected to google.ca
3. click 'Go to Google.com'
4. close tab
5. type google.com into the URL bar
6. get google.com, not google.ca

I don't know if this behaviour will persist past a browser restart,
but I did close the tab.

Ian

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