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Firefox thinks I am in Germany
07-03-2014 6:38 PM
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Suddenly today Firefox seems to think I am in Germany. If I select text on a page, right click and select "Search Google . . " I am directed to www.google.de instead of www.google.co.uk. Chrome behaves as normal.
Any suggestions gratefully received. I have found nothing in Options or about:config which might be the cause.
PS searching using the toolbar search box with Google selected has the same result.
Any suggestions gratefully received. I have found nothing in Options or about:config which might be the cause.
PS searching using the toolbar search box with Google selected has the same result.
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Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
07-03-2014 6:53 PM
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Had a similar issue a few years back, I was being redirected to google.it !
You need to contact google and give them your ip address and say it IS IN THE UK!
You need to contact google and give them your ip address and say it IS IN THE UK!

Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
07-03-2014 6:59 PM
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You could try this page & install the correct search engine for the UK http://mycroftproject.com/google-search-plugins.html
Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
07-03-2014 10:31 PM
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Quote from: Hairy You need to contact google and give them your ip address and say it IS IN THE UK!
Whois says I am in UK and Chrome works perfectly well.
Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
07-03-2014 10:35 PM
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Quote from: Call You could try this page & install the correct search . . .
Worked a treat thanks

Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
08-03-2014 10:15 AM
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When I had the issue, it was ONLY with google. I had to contact them, even putting google.co.uk would redirect me to google.it
Re: Firefox thinks I am in Germany
09-03-2014 6:28 PM
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I had this a few years ago, turned out my firefox was in its request headers sending that it accepted afghan as its default language. Consequently i got german in my searches for some reason.
Easy fix was to dive into the settings and change it back to english / gb. How or why it got changed is beyond me.
Easy fix was to dive into the settings and change it back to english / gb. How or why it got changed is beyond me.
I need a new signature... i'm bored of the old one!
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