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Re: What happens when you type Google.com into your browser's address box

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Post by chris-at » Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 1:49 PM UTC

makeitsuckless wrote: post #33

What happens is that Google decides to show me the Google search engine in exactly the language I did not want, despite all my settings on all my accounts specifying one and only default language. It will do so even if I explicitly type google.de, google.nl or google.fr. Whatever language I expect or want, I will get a different one. This makes me suspect all requests to google.com are routed through a routine with t…

This is why I never type google.com into my browser. So annoying.

My current workaround is a search provider with

    https://www.google.com/search?num=50&tbs=li:1&fg=1&gws_rd=cr&q=

http://ready.to/search/en/?sna=goo-v&prf=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g...

Re: What happens when you type Google.com into your browser's address box

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Post by chris-at » Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 1:50 PM UTC

tobeportable wrote: post #35

makeitsuckless wrote: post #33

What happens is that Google decides to show me the Google search engine in exactly the language I did not want, despite all my settings on all my accounts specifying one and only default language. It will do so even if I explicitly type google.de, google.nl or google.fr. Whatever language I expect or want, I will get a different one. This makes me suspect all requests to google.com are routed through a routine with t…

Living in trilingual country here. I suggest u to try google.com/ncr to get English google wherever you are in the world.

That works for search but do you have one for maps and their other sites (like blogger)?

Re: What happens when you type Google.com into your browser's address box

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Post by A_COMPUTER » Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 3:16 PM UTC

I got asked this as a Google interview question, I'm assuming that's why it's here though its a fun question by itself.

Re: What happens when you type Google.com into your browser's address box

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Post by asuffield » Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 11:33 PM UTC

tinussky wrote: post #29

Would be interesting to see what google does when you visit google.com , cause a lot is being done behind the scenes. But still an interesting read.

Disclaimer: not representing anybody, my opinion not anybody else's. I work at Google, and my team looks after this.

Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpBNm6lBU4

I can't tell you anything that's not in that video.