Google.com.hk

CMunroe

Firstly, I have been using a VPS recently to act as a wireguard tunnel for my laptop and phone. I do this for a few reasons, but namely to tunnel my traffic when traveling. However, I have run into a micro issue.

Enter our delirious overlords; Google.com

For some reason, google.com believes I am using the wrong TLD and forcing me onto google.com.hk. This also begins forcing all prompts into Chinese. Even when I revert it back, it seems to snap back to thinking it needs to go to google.com.hk.

I assume this is related to the IP address of the VPS on Dedipath but I have had this issue elsewhere.

So beyond me changing my default search engine, is there any fix for this?

Kian

Change browser 🙂👍

CMunroe

@Kian said:
Change browser 🙂👍

Negative Captain, this doesn't seem to help at all.

I go to the correct TLD when I am not on the VPN.

tentor

Try this: https://www.google.com.hk/preferences?hl=en

Kian

@CMunroe said:

@Kian said:
Change browser 🙂👍

Negative Captain, this doesn't seem to help at all.

I go to the correct TLD when I am not on the VPN.

If language is the issue then suggest to change the lang to en or something else.

Neoon

Geolocation issue, check what maxmind etc says where it is.
If its incorrect, talk to your Provider to correct it.

From a few months to never, it will eventually be fixed.

CMunroe

@Neoon said:
Geolocation issue, check what maxmind etc says where it is.
If its incorrect, talk to your Provider to correct it.

From a few months to never, it will eventually be fixed.

I figured as much, but was hoping for a solution.

Everything i have found suggests the IP sees it is in USA.

terrorgen

Use this: https://www.google.com/ncr
NCR: no country redirect

Mason

Should be able to hit https://www.google.com/ncr, which sets a cookie to not trigger a geolocation redirect.

edit: @terrorgen beat me to it

CMunroe

@terrorgen said:
Use this: https://www.google.com/ncr
NCR: no country redirect

@Mason said:
Should be able to hit https://www.google.com/ncr, which sets a cookie to not trigger a geolocation redirect.

edit: @terrorgen beat me to it

Thank you! This fixed it!

JDMcPea

Thank you! This fixed it!

Janevski

Flying_Chinaman

Yo, use google.com/ncr to disable region prefer

terrorgen

speaking about ncr, would it be possible to set up a firewall rule to force redirect any google.com requests to google.com/ncr?
(so my wife won't be complaining about google thinking she is in another country)

CMunroe

@terrorgen said:
speaking about ncr, would it be possible to set up a firewall rule to force redirect any google.com requests to google.com/ncr?
(so my wife won't be complaining about google thinking she is in another country)

Or even better, a DNS entry.

terrorgen

nah DNS doesn't do anything beyond the domain name.

MallocVoidstar

It'll probably eventually fix itself. This happened to me when I was using a RackNerd box to relay, and for a while Bing thought my GCV box was in China (totally breaking Bing since it threw me into a redirect loop)

terrorgen

We are talking about Google, dude.