How can I access google.com outside the US?

Question

I live in the UK, and whenever I visit google.com I am redirected to google.co.uk, but I want to see my website's rankings on the US version (I presume the results are different). Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Try http://www.google.com/ncr

This is only one of several ways to do this according to Google:

• Click the Google.com link on any other domain.
• Choose a Google domain manually by visiting the Language Tools page (the section with the flags).
• Bookmark http://www.google.com/ncr. This is an alternative web address for Google.com that always takes you to Google.com without redirecting you.

Answer 2

Change your bookmarks, homepage etc to http://www.google.com/ncr This will ensure that it ignores the IP country detection. Ensure you delete all cookies etc first.

This should display everything in English.

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EDIT

What you can do is create a custom search within Chrome:

• Go to "Options"
• In the "Default Search" click "Manage"
• Click "Add"
• Enter the following details:
  • Name = GoogleCustomised
  • Keyword = google.com
  • URL = http://www.google.com/search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s
• Click OK
• Then click GoogleCustomised and click "Make Default"

This should ensure that Google Chrome always uses www.google.com as the default search site. Which is in English.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

I use Google Adwords's AdPreviewTool. You can view results for any domain, any country.