Something Strange.....(Google)

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(*Dranzer*) · #1 Post by **(*Dranzer*)** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:49 pm

Yes I'm back, whoohoo.

More important matters. Does anyone know why Google.com is being directed to Google.ca? At the same time, people seem to be having trouble with their G-Mail. What is going on?

Pudding · #2 Post by **Pudding** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:58 pm

It's not redirecting for me...maybe it's just a Canada thing? o_O

(*Dranzer*) · #3 Post by **(*Dranzer*)** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:04 am

But I'm not in Canada. I'm very sure that I'm residing in Pennsylvania...

Blk Mage · #4 Post by **Blk Mage** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:04 am

It's a canadian thing. If you go and type google.com into the bar thing it redirects you to google.ca. But if you do want to do a google.com search i think at the bottom of google.ca there is a link to direct you to google.com.

Or not, if your living in penn, then not so sure then.

Ammer · #5 Post by **Ammer** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:10 am

(*Dranzer*) wrote:But I'm not in Canada. I'm very sure that I'm residing in Pennsylvania...

That's odd.

I live in Canada and it's doing it but I don't see why it's doing it for someone in the US. I wonder what's up.

But as BLK Mage said, there is a button at the bottom which says "Go to Google.com". Just click that for the meantime.

Ixistant · #6 Post by **Ixistant** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:11 am

It's to do with regions. Your ISP must be Canadian. This happens with me because my ISP is Brittish, so I'm redirected to '.co.uk' instead of '.com'

Christopher · #7 Post by **Christopher** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:25 am

I'm always redirected to NZ. Except for when I force it to say at .com or even sometimes .jp.

Archimedes · #8 Post by **Archimedes** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:35 am

Ixistant wrote:It's to do with regions. Your ISP must be Canadian. This happens with me because my ISP is Brittish, so I'm redirected to '.co.uk' instead of '.com'

Precisely. The search engine looks at the country in which the IP address is registered.

But on the google.ca page there should be a link to the google.com page. To get to it you must have cookies enabled for the google.com domain. Then when you type in google.com it shouldn't redirect to the ca site.

Rachel · #9 Post by **Rachel** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:03 am

is this a recent thing? i'd noticed it taking me to .com.au here but when i search at home (not since 10th dec) i use the toolbar and that takes me to .com even when i want it to take me to .co.uk

matchbow · #10 Post by **matchbow** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:32 pm

it's been doing that for me for ever. i remember when i used a really old mac, .com wouldn't even load, it was just left as a grey screen.
if you really need .com, i tihnk firefox start is .com

(*Dranzer*) · #11 Post by **(*Dranzer*)** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:51 pm

Ixistant wrote:It's to do with regions. Your ISP must be Canadian. This happens with me because my ISP is Brittish, so I'm redirected to '.co.uk' instead of '.com'

But my ISP isn't Canadian. And that wouldn't explain the G-mail issues some people have been having.

Archimedes · #12 Post by **Archimedes** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:18 pm

(*Dranzer*) wrote:
Ixistant wrote:It's to do with regions. Your ISP must be Canadian. This happens with me because my ISP is Brittish, so I'm redirected to '.co.uk' instead of '.com'

But my ISP isn't Canadian. And that wouldn't explain the G-mail issues some people have been having.

Hmmm. *Maybe* your ISP resells a Canadian ISP's service (unlikely). OR maybe the default search site isn't based on IP address, but I don't see what else it could be based on, except where cookies are involved. A truly perplexing puzzle...

As for Gmail issues, I know nothing, not using Gmail (can you believe I never got an invite?)

matchbow wrote:it's been doing that for me for ever. i remember when i used a really old mac, .com wouldn't even load, it was just left as a grey screen.
if you really need .com, i tihnk firefox start is .com

No, it's the same default search as going to google.com and getting redirected to your own country's google search. Or in the case of Dranzer, to Canada.

rachel wrote:is this a recent thing? i'd noticed it taking me to .com.au here but when i search at home (not since 10th dec) i use the toolbar and that takes me to .com even when i want it to take me to .co.uk

To change the google site your toolbar uses click 'Options' on the toolbar, and then click the 'Search' tab. Down the bottom of the box it says 'Use Google Site' and you can pick any.

No need to thank me

Edit: Speling. Also added more hilarity.

Rachel · #13 Post by **Rachel** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:49 am

Archimedes wrote:
rachel wrote:is this a recent thing? i'd noticed it taking me to .com.au here but when i search at home (not since 10th dec) i use the toolbar and that takes me to .com even when i want it to take me to .co.uk

To change the google site your toolbar uses click 'Options' on the toolbar, and then click the 'Search' tab. Down the bottom of the box it says 'Use Google Site' and you can pick any.

i'm sure i changed it and it changed it back tho, but i'll try again when i get home.