macfidelity

A known problem for fireFox users:

• You want to search a foreign google page, but you always get redirected to your local google version

Example here:

• Local google = google.de
• Target google = google.com

One of many possible solutions i found in the web:

1. Open FireFox
2. Enter: “about:config” in the address bar
3. Select a random entry and right-click it
4. Select “New” -> “String”
5. Enter: “keyword.URL”
6. Enter: “http://www.google.com/search?q=”
7. Restart Firefox

Result is as follows:

• If you Enter the searchphrase in the Firefox search-engine-field you will goto your local google
• If you enter your searchphrase in Firefoxs address bar and press enter you will visit google.com

good & easy hack i think.

Greetings
fidel

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