Australian websites have hijacked google search

**Valve Bounce** · 21st December 2006, 23:38

.......for the Motorola V3i. I am going to San Fran, and intend to buy one of these phones there, but a google search only revealed heaps of Australian websites which compare prices and off this phone at highly inflated prices.

**Drew** · 21st December 2006, 23:52

Don't use the Australian version of google, use the international one.

Or, type in "Tiananmen square" on google images China and find the place that was forgotten by history, I bet it's lovely to visit in June.

**Valve Bounce** · 22nd December 2006, 00:32

I cannot get teh international google. No matter what I type on the browser, my PC automatically adds the .au/ to the end of the google. Maybe if I delete the google from my favourites and start again.

**jarrambide** · 22nd December 2006, 01:05

Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I cannot get teh international google. No matter what I type on the browser, my PC automatically adds the .au/ to the end of the google. Maybe if I delete the google from my favourites and start again.

It´s np'ot your PC, it´s the cookies(google has a default beginning of your local google if there is one), but under the search box on the right you should have a link with theo ption to enter the international version, if you use that link every time you type http://www.google.com you will enter the international version, you will have then a link with the option to enter Google Australia.

**Daniel** · 22nd December 2006, 01:27

Try www.froogle.com or www.pricegrabber.com VB

**Valve Bounce** · 22nd December 2006, 02:12

Originally Posted by Daniel

Try www.froogle.com or www.pricegrabber.com VB

Many thanks Daniel. I tried everything else with google, but the .au kept adding itself to the search and then performed a search in Oz. What other search engines are there?

**Daniel** · 22nd December 2006, 02:14

Those two links in particular are price search engines

They're the two largest as far as I know so you shoudn't need any other search engines

**Valve Bounce** · 22nd December 2006, 02:24

Originally Posted by Daniel

Those two links in particular are price search engines

They're the two largest as far as I know so you shoudn't need any other search engines

Hi Daniel, I mean other search engines to search for anything else worldwide. I am getting totally pissed off that my google has been hijacked with the .au
This only happened to me very recently.