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For Google, I often find myself smuggling a "hl=en" into the query parameters. This works on almost all Google services, and is quicker than finding out where t

For Google, I often find myself smuggling a "hl=en" into the query parameters. This works on almost all Google services, and is quicker than finding out where the language switcher is hidden in the UI.

bhrgunatha 9y ago
I've been complaining about this for a long time now. I wrote a small greasemonkey script to add hl=en to all except a select few google locations. They are the most egregious. Unfortunately for us the industry has chosen to go with IP address determines language and it's getting more and more common. I DO have accept language configured in my browser and I also DO understand that statistically many people's browsers are mis-configured. NO. I'm not leaving my browsers logged in to every site in the internet. We'll forever be tilting at windmills.
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superasn 9y ago
Not sure if it works now but by just visiting https://www.google.com/ncr https://www.google.com/ncr is enough to disable all localization settings instantly.
- quantum_magpie 9y ago
  Not all of their pages support the ncr. For example maps.google.com/ncr 404's. And without the /ncr I get redirected to .co.jp where there is no visible option to change the language unless I sign in.
- Symbiote 9y ago
  No, that localizes to American, with useless, stupid Fahrenheit and miles. Another common problem.
- frik 9y ago
  /ncr stopped working in Dec 2015. Google broke it, and hasn't fixed it. They new parameters that do the same thing are a lot longer :( http://searchengineland.com/google-ncr-no-country-redirection-feature-stop-working-but-google-may-bring-it-back-239381 http://searchengineland.com/google-ncr-no-country-redirectio... Despite the positive worded arricle, apparently Google hasn't brougt /ncr back yet.