Bloody Oz Google! AAARGH!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Just went to google some info... and up comes comes a Google page complete with 'roos wearing chrissy hats! :eek: ? A second look and... I've been redirected to google.com.au! :confused:

Now, I rarely use the Oz google 'cos it comes up with crap results. Try again and... nup! Can't get plain ol' Google.com anymore, bloody Optus has DNS mapped it to the .au site. MONGRELS! If I wanted the .au site I'd go there in the first place! I do not want some bastard doing a Bill Gates and saying "Oh we think that this is what your really want." :mad: Is this the first signs of "we can control what you see and hear, we can..." [cue twilight zone muzak]

Does anybody know the DNS lookup for google.com? I can't locate it now... they're even redirecting my whois to return the bloody .au site! GRRRR! :mad:

(In case you can;'t tell, this has me spitting chips. In my books it's straight out censorship and the sort of thing I'm willing to fight to your last breath! )

[Dr Jan Itor]

If you absolutely can't wait, do your search in oz Google and then remove the .au (nothing before or after) from the address line and press enter. It will then search US Google.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Nup, tried that and it's not working here at all. Any reference to google.com is being redirected to .au :mad:

[ian]

do you have the Google tool bar loaded?
that's where I'd look for the redirect code

Uninstalling the toolbar might fix it

ian

[ozwinner]

Yes I noticed the same myself today, I got redirected to the au site.

Maybe google doesnt think you are old enought to know what you are doing..

Al

[glock40sw]

Delete all the cookies and try again. It will fix it.

[watson]

Trevor is dead set right!
There will be a cookie that says " you live in Oz..therefore you need to know nothing of the outside world"
Sometimes I agree with that thought.
Regards,
Noel

[Gra]

barstools.. it must be at the DNS end.... time for a nasty note to Optus

[snowyskiesau]

It's a 'helpful' google policy :mad:

Have a look here for details:

http://www.google.com/support/bin/an...873&topic=8995

[Gra]

still doesn't work, that link just redirects to the .au site:eek::eek:

it ain't cookies as I deleted them all

[Cliff Rogers]

World? What world? What are you blokes on? :confused:

[outback]

Cliff, I think you'll find they are talking about the big bad world, you know West of Adelaide.

[Daddles]

Cliff, I think you'll find they are talking about the big bad world, you know West of Adelaide.

Anything OUTSIDE of Adelaide
Not that I'm insular or anything

Richard

[echnidna]

On the Oz google page is a link to google com

[ptc]

Try copernic