# Google in German?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719 "2005-10-18T07:20:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/1 "2005-10-18T07:20:29Z")
Lately I’ve noticed that when I go on to google it will be in German. Even the ads on the dope are often in German; plus I get German yahoo pop ups. Does anyone else get this or did I run across some German spyware while surfing? I don’t even remember going to any German language websites. It’s not a major problem but it mystifies me.
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### Author:  [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/2 "2005-10-18T07:26:32Z")
It comes up in English for me.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/3 "2005-10-18T08:36:12Z")
I’d think that going to [http://www.google.com/preferences](http://www.google.com/preferences) and selecting English as your Interface Language would override any non-Google settings.
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### Author:  [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/4 "2005-10-18T08:55:02Z")
What ISP do you use? One possible explanation would be that your ISP allocates your IP address out of a range that the database which Google uses for localization mistakenly assumes is used for internet access in a German-speaking country. You could look at the IP address you use when next that this effect occurs, then whois at [ARIN](http://arin.net) and [RIPE](http://ripe.net) to see whom (which ISP) the IP address is issued to.
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### Author:  [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/5 "2005-10-18T15:12:22Z")
> [@KRC](#):
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> Lately I’ve noticed that when I go on to google it will be in German. Even the ads on the dope are often in German; plus I get German yahoo pop ups.
Zair is nussing going wrong here. Pleass back to your normal routine go.
_Alles in Ordnung!_
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### Author:  [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-in-german/326719/6 "2005-10-18T19:35:13Z")
What does it say in Windows under Control Panel | Regional and language settings ?