Why do I always automatically get redirected to French pages?
When I type in a .com address (or any other non French extension) I automatically get redirected to a .fr address and I really hate this. If I want a French site I'll ask for it, I don't need others to decide what I want. Sorry, nothing personal, that's just my frustration speaking. I've set Google.com on the opening page and it worked fine until now. When I open an extra tab I don't get redirected to .fr so it's probably not your doing, I just hope you have a solution for this very annoying feature.
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Hi Astridm,
Have You installed any third party extensions, plug ins or add-ons. It may rewrite some settings in Firefox.
A reset can solve Your problems.
Please read,
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-preferences-fix-problems
You can check your location:
- http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/network-location/
- http://whatismyipaddress.com/
- http://browserspy.dk/ip.php
You can check the order of the installed Languages.
- Tools > Options > Content > Languages
Thanks for the suggestions but nothing did the trick, I'm still getting the fr site. Even when I change the address in the location bar into .com they send me to .fr. Any other tips and tricks are very welcome but I'm afraid it's really a Google problem.
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How do websites report your location?
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This was exactly what I needed. I'm just a bit ashamed that I didn't find this solution myself. Bur you're my hero now, thanks a lot.