[B]i HATE google.co.za[/B]

[maumau]

and my effing new laptop won't go to google.com aaaaaaaaaarrrghh!!! please help before i lose my mind. i've tried disabling bing (hate that too ) but that hasn't made any difference.
...and
how come you guys get a bold thread title and i don't? this day isn't starting out well.

 

[Pooky]

Why do you hate it?

 

[Venomous]

open FF/IE/chrome.......

Select www.google.com

Go to options
set current page as homepage.


It's not google but MS you should swear at .

 

[Venomous]

the title is not bolded if you have recently read it.

 

[maumau]

because there's much more information available globally and if i want a s.a. site i restrict the domains to .za. often the international site will have a full range of products and the local site won't etc.

 

[Venomous]

then tell it to search internationally...

 

[maumau]

tks venomous, sunday's looking brighter already

 

[bwana]

http://www.google.com/ncr

 

[maumau]

i'm a creature of habit. i've always searched with .com and resent being dictated to by my computer i.e. Microsoft (tks venomous). it becomes a power struggle.

 

[bwana]

open FF/IE/chrome.......

Select www.google.com

Go to options
set current page as homepage.


It's not google but MS you should swear at .

when google detects where you're from it assumes you want that localised search regardless of your browser or OS.

 

[maumau]

hi bwana. so it is google? what a cheek! i've sorted i now thanks all.

 

[Venomous]

when google detects where you're from it assumes you want that localised search regardless of your browser or OS.

Yip, his initial problem was more with bing though.

 

[psheldon]

http://www.scroogle.org

 

[bubbatentoe]

Bwana's post is correct "www.google.com/ncr"

NCR stands for "no country redirect", so you go straight to the google.com (international) home page.

 

[ambo]

I don't think that it makes any difference. Google will still provide search results that best suit your profile - including your location.