Firefox search bar – setting the region for Google searches
The problem If you are visiting/living abroad but still want the Firefox search bar to default to your home version of Google, it is possible to fix it! In the following solution I assume that you are from the UK and want to use the UK/GB version of Google Search: The solution Access the Firefox settings: type about:config in the address bar, then click I'll be careful, I promise. For each setting you want to modify, use the search bar to find it more quickly. Set both browser.search.countryCode and browser.search.region to “GB” by double-clicking it and typing the new value. Make sure browser.search.isUS is set to False. For both distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale and general.useragent.locale use “en-GB”. Restart Firefox. Visit http://www.google.com/ncr, to activate a no country redirect cookie that stops the browser from looking for country-specific search results. Searching from the search bar should now give results at Google.com, but notice that at the very end of the search results URL there is a flag for UK regional content. ...