| Google showing results based on IP location instead of user preference | guyyst | 14/11/17 09:20 | I've selected English as my preferred language for pretty much any setting I can change. "Which language should Google products use?" is set to English "Currently showing search results in:" is set to English Google Chrome's user interface language is set to English My Windows 10 installation is in English Yet when I google, for example "c# content control", these are the results I get with and without a VPN disguising my IP address: As you can see, the second result without a VPN is basically the German version of the first result. I don't care for the German version of that. I don't care for the German version of any results, yet I need to use a VPN, just to keep irrelevant search results out of my life? Why does Google even offer a setting called "Currently showing search results in", when it's apparently just a button you click for fun, without actually affecting the results of your search. This also happens on my phone and really any other device. |
| Re: Google showing results based on IP location instead of user preference | Nina - Community Specialist | 15/11/17 04:30 | Hi guyyst, Welcome to the Google Search and Assistant Help Forum! Thanks for sharing the results display. I understand the issue occurs, despite setting the language preferences to English. I'd suggest you please report the issue to the product team directly by sharing your feedback on the same. To share a feedback, please try the steps below:
Sending in-product feedback allows Google to automatically collect useful information that will allow our Engineers to evaluate each case-by-case issue. Although you will not receive a reply, they're using this feedback to fix and improve the overall product experience. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Best, Nina |
