I&#x27;m pretty much in the same situation - problem is just adding &#x2F;ncr to the URL is easy to remember, especially when not on your own computer, ?gfe_rd=cr&amp;gws_rd=cr doesn&#x27;t exactly stick in the mind! I&#x27;m also increasingly leaning towards using ddg, wasn&#x27;t aware of the g! option, thanks for that.<p>I don&#x27;t where google&#x27;s web search team is based, but I imagine it&#x27;s mainly in the US, where this isn&#x27;t likely to be a problem. Of course, for the vast majority of google search users, localized is what they want.