Accessing 'real' Google

September 27, 2005 2:08 AM

How to break out of local Google?

I'm wandering around Europe, using internet cafés for access. When I enter www.google.com here in the Fatherland, www.google.de comes up. How do I get to the 'real' Google, while traveling abroad?

posted by Rash to Travel & Transportation (8 answers total)

Looks to me link there is a Google.com in Enlish link at the bottom of www.google.de
posted by kenaman at 2:13 AM on September 27, 2005

Type www.google.com/ncr into the address bar and that should take you to the 'real' google wherever you are.

Upon closer examination Kenaman's link does the same thing.
posted by drill_here_fore_seismics at 2:36 AM on September 27, 2005

Best answer: I'd recommend www.google.com/ncr.

It sets a cookie in your browser to stop google.com from re-directing you to their local site. Of course, you'll need to reset this cookie as you move from computer to computer. Convert the local heathens! ;-)
posted by PuGZ at 2:43 AM on September 27, 2005

See this one from a coupla weeks ago
posted by poppo at 4:02 AM on September 27, 2005

yes, /ncr is your friend
posted by matteo at 9:03 AM on September 27, 2005

there's a "go to google.com" link on the front page. click it.
posted by bonaldi at 9:25 AM on September 27, 2005

What does NCR stand for?

-Curious.
posted by seinfeld at 10:07 AM on September 27, 2005

“No Country Redirect”
posted by hilker at 11:10 AM on September 27, 2005