# Why won't Google only let me access www.google.co.uk, not www.google.com?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-only-let-me-access-www-google-co-uk-not-www-google-com/279584>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-only-let-me-access-www-google-co-uk-not-www-google-com/279584 "2004-12-13T13:01:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-only-let-me-access-www-google-co-uk-not-www-google-com/279584/21 "2004-12-13T19:17:04Z")

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> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> Also note that the [Go to Google.com](http://www.google.com/ncr) link at the bottom of the page has an “ncr” directory. Doesn’t take a genius to work out what that means.

😕

(I ain’t no genie-ass)

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-only-let-me-access-www-google-co-uk-not-www-google-com/279584/22 "2004-12-13T21:44:43Z")

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Kind a late this but I’ve noticed it since yesterday. At home and at work. It’s irritating because in my experience the two turn up different results.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-only-let-me-access-www-google-co-uk-not-www-google-com/279584/23 "2004-12-13T22:35:44Z")

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> [@robcaro](#):
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> When in Google, look for a “preferences” link. There, you can choose the language that you prefer.

But we speak English too! (The language option is separate from the geographic variants)

The ‘/ncr’ (no, I can’t figure it either) is only working intermittently for me - sometimes I still get redirected. However, using the search bar in Firefox gives results from [google.com](http://google.com).

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