https://encrypted.google.com https://encrypted.google.com SSL pages prevent referer headers from being sent. Easy. The country specific pages dont have equiv

https://encrypted.google.com https://encrypted.google.com SSL pages prevent referer headers from being sent. Easy. The country specific pages dont have equivalents, so no encrypted.google.co.uk, but you can get the same effect using the gl parameter in the URL, so the url for a UK search would be: https://encrypted.google.com/search?gl=uk&q=foo https://encrypted.google.com/search?gl=uk&q=foo Get your list of valid country codes here: http://www.google.com/cse/docs/resultsxml.html#countryCodes http://www.google.com/cse/docs/resultsxml.html#countryCodes