We need someone located in the UK to remove the "gl" parameter and see if Google is properly detecting their location automatically. In my experience, it does a very good job of this, but if not then obviously I agree all the UK users shouldn't have to deal with US results. In my case, this parameter also affects Google Shopping results, showing me only products in UK stores in GBP. Thankfully it is easy to use a modified google.xml file.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116071 Title: Google search povider for en-GB locale incorrectly adds "gl" parameter forcing UK-based search results Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The Google search provider in /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/searchplugins/locale/en-GB/google.xml adds the parameter <Param name="gl" value="uk"/> According to Google: "The gl parameter value is a two-letter country code. For WebSearch results, the gl parameter boosts search results whose country of origin matches the parameter value." This is the wrong behaviour in this instance. The choice of the en-GB search plugin is based on the *language* spoken by the user. I want to speak proper English, so I choose en-GB, even though I am located in the U.S. I don't want to see UK-based search results, instead I want my search results to be based on my actual location, which either I have explicitly set or which Google is detecting automatically. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1116071/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
