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Google Home Page keeps changing from "Google.com" to a local area, i.e. Google Pilipinas or Google Australia?
What's going on with Google these days? I travel Internationally and I used a plain "Google.com" for such a long time, whereever I was. Now it seems, I'm being forced to accept "Google Pilipinas",(google.com.ph/
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Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Corporate info: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html
Also note that on your regional home page, there is also a clear link at the bottom right to go back to google.com
If you go to http://www.google.com.au/ you will see a link saying "Go to google.com" at the bottom right, so it's not really that hidden. Same for http://www.google.com.ph/
I'd say the reason for localizing search pages is more driven by advertising localization than by insidous content filtering, although it certainly takes place and its use is dubious though not illegal. Google can do what they like with their search results, but risk losing credibility if they filter too much (look what happened to a lot of other search engines when they advertised too much).
Corporate info: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html
Also note that on your regional home page, there is also a clear link at the bottom right to go back to google.com
If you go to http://www.google.com.au/ you will see a link saying "Go to google.com" at the bottom right, so it's not really that hidden. Same for http://www.google.com.ph/
I'd say the reason for localizing search pages is more driven by advertising localization than by insidous content filtering, although it certainly takes place and its use is dubious though not illegal. Google can do what they like with their search results, but risk losing credibility if they filter too much (look what happened to a lot of other search engines when they advertised too much).
Use this link: http://www.google.com/ncr
If you let is save cookies it will also save this for the future so typing google.com will work.
If you go to the foreign google.com homepage you will see "Google.com in English" which links to the page I described above.
If you let is save cookies it will also save this for the future so typing google.com will work.
If you go to the foreign google.com homepage you will see "Google.com in English" which links to the page I described above.
P.S. This is not a ISP/Browser Hijack issue.
This is Google's server trying to be clever.
In most cases I suppose it is the right thing to do - after all why would most people in Argentina (where I currently am) want to get google.com in English ?
I know they could use google.com.ar to get the Spanish version, the same as UK people can use google.co.uk to get a English UK version. But google is trying to make the google.com brand universal.
So googles server determines where in the world you are (by your ISP address) and goes to that countres google.
But on all google.com pages wether in Spanish, Italian or Chinese you will see the text "Google.com in English" near the bottom as long as you got there by typing google.com
As a side note if I go to google.com/ncr (to set as US English) it tells me at the bottom "Go to Google Argentina"
This is Google's server trying to be clever.
In most cases I suppose it is the right thing to do - after all why would most people in Argentina (where I currently am) want to get google.com in English ?
I know they could use google.com.ar to get the Spanish version, the same as UK people can use google.co.uk to get a English UK version. But google is trying to make the google.com brand universal.
So googles server determines where in the world you are (by your ISP address) and goes to that countres google.
But on all google.com pages wether in Spanish, Italian or Chinese you will see the text "Google.com in English" near the bottom as long as you got there by typing google.com
As a side note if I go to google.com/ncr (to set as US English) it tells me at the bottom "Go to Google Argentina"
whats wrong with going to the local google page?
the only thing that bothers me is that you are almost forced to go to the local, except for the link to google.com. Yahoo has a new search engine?since when?
the only thing that bothers me is that you are almost forced to go to the local, except for the link to google.com. Yahoo has a new search engine?since when?
GC747, has your question been answered?
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Hello everyone. My apologies for not getting back to this topic and finalizing but my computer gave up the ghost while I was on line. The hard drive crashed so I have been down repairing things and upgrading my PC.
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Ok Cracky, My question has been answered. Thanks for the input. My apologies for not getting back to this topic and finalizing sooner, but my computer gave up the ghost while I was on line. The hard drive crashed so I have been down repairing things and upgrading my PC.
Hello JimBsAs, I've read your answers as well and I issued your points at the other location that I posted this same question. Thank you for your input also.
Hello JimBsAs, I've read your answers as well and I issued your points at the other location that I posted this same question. Thank you for your input also.
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http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google/
I am seriously considering using Yahoo's new search engine now, instead of Google's.
Who owns Google and where is their main home office located?