Other English speaking countries and Google use

[Prenut]

In other English speaking countries do users typically use their version of Google or the .com? Is there any available data on this anywhere?

[Michael Martinez]

Can't think of any reliable sources of information off the top of my head.

[Planet Mark]

Had to think about what I actually use for a moment here... Its google.com not the co.uk for me, if I want something England-based I'll usually just add UK to the search query...

Anecdotal only of course!

Mark

[Flushdraw]

Doesn't google automatically redirect you to the country specific google? I always type in the .com but unless I type in the 'no country redirect' - www.google.com/ncr I get sent to the .co.uk results. So I'd imagine most people use their local google.

[Prenut]

Doesn't google automatically redirect you to the country specific google? I always type in the .com but unless I type in the 'no country redirect' - Google I get sent to the .co.uk results. So I'd imagine most people use their local google.

Hmm, I never get redirected when I type in a different Google extension.

[Flushdraw]

It's only if I type in google.com that it redirects to google.co.uk. If I type in google.fr it goes to the .fr
How does this work for people in other countries? If you're in France and type in google.com does it redirect to google.fr?

[Prenut]

I'd be interested in Canada and Australia as well, I know we have a few from both places.

[Planet Mark]

Firefox does this... irritating, I try and get to .com and it keeps sending me back to .hu, Geo-targetting gone far too far IMO!

Mark

[ramchip]

Yes Google does redirect for local search.

If you want to get around this and go to Google.com just type Google

Just add /ncr to the end of "www.google.com"

[pokerutility]

I use Google.com.au
Are the search results different depending on your country? or is that only if you choose to 'show only pages from Australia' ??