I want to look at google.com but it insists on redirecting me to google.co.uk! ARGH!

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How can I stop it?

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

spoof your ip

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

I don't know how. Is there a quick and easy way of doing it?

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

mine does this. i don't think it makes any difference at all.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Well, it does at the moment, cos I need to see the thing on google.com that says "currently indexing x,000,000,000 pages" or whatever, which isn't on the co.uk page.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

I think they've stopped putting that count up, Jim.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

Indeed.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

they lost count

― snowkitten (g-kit), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Lucky you, I have JAPANESE google on my comp at work. grrr

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Ah, bugger. Thanks!

Anyone know how big google is then, these days? In terms of indexed pages?

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

Anyway, Jim, try http://www.google.com/webhp

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.google.co.uk/press/facts.html says "more than 8 billion".

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

Install the googlebar extension for firefox, in the prefs under Google Searches you can choose what country google you want to use.

― svend (svend), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

i used to have this problem in australia. i think i just cleared out cookies and cache and made sure in never put in the .au again.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Try going into Language Tools and look under the countries listed under "Visit Google's Site in Your Local Domain." See if the US is listed (which I guess would be the U.S.).

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

That probably doesn't help though, defaults, blah blah blah. Listen to everyone else.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

Also I obviously didn't read the part about what you were really looking for. I am a bad librarian.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

No no, you're all very helpful, thankyou. I've got what I need now. So, google currently have a market capitalisation of $127bn, and index 8bn pages. That's $15.87 per page. Jeez.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Down the bottom right, click "go to google.com". It'll remember.

― stet (stet), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

And why do you want to do this in particular?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

He said.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand the google logo this morning. Is the cat trying to electrocute the mouse?

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Thursday, 22 December 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

And why is the blue g a window with a blue cloud behind it? I thought the mouse was holding cheese at first, but it's the thing the cat wants to plug into. Perhaps by the 25th there'll be a big light display brought to us by the scrawny cat and mouse! Oh how they light up our lives.

― Zoe Espera (Espera), Thursday, 22 December 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

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