This morning when I jumped online to check out what happened in the world overnight I was greeted by an unusual set of google search results. I typed in my search in my Firefox search bar and the Google redirected me to http://www.google.co.jp and I couldn’t get it to stop. Do yourself a favor and don’t click on that link – you might get permanently redirected.
I scoured Yahoo! to find an answer (Because I can’t read Japanese) and found THIS BLOG POST with a good answer. In a nutshel go to http://www.google.com/ncr and it will reset your server location.
Turns out somehow the local server for my IP was reassigned to Japan. Probaly not a problem with my Firefox or my system. An AVG scan showed nothing was wrong. I guess sometimes the IP – Search server gets mixed up.
Can anyone tell me WHY this happens? I have only managed to figure out the fix.
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