Google: Incorrect language settings

[James Knott]

Craig Routledge wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Giles Orr 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.
>>>       
>
> On 2008-04-23 14:11, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>   
>>     Same here. That's why I don't use Google's front page. I use a
>>     local page with a form to call google.com with a search term. That
>>     doesn't get redirected to google.ca; a bare "google.com" does.
>>     
>
> When Google first started doing this, I found that bookmarking 
> www.google.com/intl/en/ avoided redirects to specific countries.  It's 
> worked for me ever since.
>   

There is also a link on google.ca to google.com.


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