Are there any Google Chrome users on here that are not in the USA? If so, I need some help on something that's driving me nuts...

Read here for an explanation...

i use it sometimes. was your issue addressed?

another workaround would be not to go to google to start a search but to have your own local html page that you use as your home page. added advantage - can insert your other favorite links in it too. I use g4 its just a simple web page with a form that submits to so you go there every time. you can easily edit it to add/ remove stuff. i use textpad to edit html but you could use any html editor for the job. can even use an online widget (like the compose tab in blogger.com) then copy the html and save to a file.

Thanks, but the advantage I'm missing, is that in Chrome I search straight from the URL box, and not from the Google homepage. Google randomly decides to search from the country I'm in, instead of Google.com

you can define your own search then and point it to google

to do that
* go to options in chrome
* on the basics you will see Default Search and a manage button
* press manage
* define a new search and make the URL:


will also work with :



FYI %s is replaced with your actual search terms

screen shots :

see above - did this work for you?

Google chrome is what I use no matter where I am, here in th US or in Europe, except for gmail, for that I use opera.

No matter where I am, I keep my local country set as US.

And that works?

Going to try tgkprog's solution now...

Works perfectly! Thanks a lot!

great, your welcome

Oh, that post by me made me 14 :D

i think it was the upvote:

on a comment by bullettime 12 minutes ago

I have not used Google Chrome but I find it interesting that so many people are having issues with it.

What sort of issues?

I am using Chrome, it is very fast, but where can I see the Google toolbar?