Hi, this could be the problem with either your ISP or your DNS with the way it is mapping names. but I also wonder what could be going on.
well, my suggestion is to go the terminal way in order to map Google's IP address to the www.google.com name. 1. open the terminal in any of the many ways. you can simply press Command-Spacebar and type terminal. 2. type sudo nano /private/etc/hosts to open your host file. this is where some ip addresses are already mapped to some names such as localhost for 127.0.0.1 3. you will be asked for your password: enter it. 4. you will then see that the host file is opened and there are already lines with some addresses that start with IP address followed by the name. for example: 127.0.0.1 localhost some Lines start with the hash (#) symbol. these are for comments only and other important remarks such as not editing some ip addresses already there. 5. scroll to the end of the file and enter Google's IP address. since Google has many IP addresses, you can use anyone of the many addresses. it appears that Google's IP addresses have something to do with redirecting you depending with where you are in the world. however, I use this one: 64.233.167.99 but feel free to substitute it with the one closer to where you are. so you can enter it as 64.233.167.99 www.google.com after this, press Control-O to save the file. press ENTER if you are prompted and then exit the nano utility by control-x. now flush the DNS Cache by typing dscacheutil -flushcache then try opening it in your browser. HTH, Ishe On 27 Jun,2011, at 2:11 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Yep, it's odd. > But I'd really really like to figure out why that's happening. > > Friendly, > Chris > > On Jun 26, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > >> Chris, >> That's very strange, when I clicked the lick you provided I was taken right >> into my personalized iGooge page. >> >> Aloha, >> >> Charlie >> >> Our new book "YOU MIGHT BE A MORON" is on sale at www.giantdolphin.com click >> the off the bookshelf link >> >> >> >> On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Chris Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> For some reason, every time I type the location google.com into Safari, it >>> says the following: >>> >>> >>> 404. That’s an error. >>> >>> The requested URL /ap_index was not found on this server. That’s all we >>> know. >>> >>> >>> If I go to the tool bar and type a search into the google search field, it >>> does work. Anyone have a clue as to what is happening? >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Friendly, >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
