Why Firefox automatically change my default homepage

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by caj, Oct 7, 2008.

  1. #1
    I’m hoping you can tell me why all the sudden my homepage
    automatically defaults to http://www.google.co.uk/. It used to
    default to www.google.com. My default page was listed as google.com,
    now it shows “.com.uk” when I change it to “google.com” I receive an
    error. Can you please assist?
     
    caj, Oct 7, 2008 IP
  2. tendulkar2

    tendulkar2 Banned

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    It's very normal. Google redirects it to your default home country url. I'm from India and google redirects google.com to google.co.in for me.
     
    tendulkar2, Oct 7, 2008 IP
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    Agree. And there may not be the fault of firefox, other browser does the same.
     
    emma2008, Oct 7, 2008 IP
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    dairyman Notable Member

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    That redirect is normal and if you want to go to google.com, click the link that appears in your .co.uk page
     
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    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    sometimes my firefox starts from like a fresh install !!!
     
    MeetHere, Oct 7, 2008 IP