I doubt this is your problem since it sounds like this is your system time zone (i.e. Did someone at Google hear me? 1:Jack, and 2:Shit…. Go to postings from 2003 through March 2016, Google’s Gmail Phishing Warnings and False Positives. If you’ll contact me directly with more details, I’d be glad to see if I can help to get this fixed. The one that baffles me is this (just had it happen a moment ago): I get off the phone after booking a tee time at my local golf course — whose number and address are in my Google Contacts. Run a PC Scan with Restoro Repair Tool to find errors causing security problems and slowdowns. Google keeps insisting that I’m in Detroit in all desktop results. When I type Google.com in the address bar, it comes up Google.com UK. It has me living in the USA for some bizarre reason…tried all ways to sort it out but unable to…anybody else experienced this ?? For some reason, Google thinks I am in Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio or somewhere in Louisiana. For some their locations are off a bit, for others way, way wrong, like in my case. Like. “Enabled” is not a setting in Firefox. I’m in Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK. Your email address will not be published. Hi, I'm not tech savvy in the least, so I hope I can get some information from those of you who are. By setting this you are actively telling google where you call home, so things like “local” news should correspond to that area. I'm trying post a pic, but the iPhone isn't helping. I was a little surprised when I took a look at Microsoft's new Bing search engine to see that it thought I was in the United Kingdom when I'm actually in New Zealand. Here’s a simple query we received this week from Lifehacker reader Cheryl: “My public IP address says a whole different city and state. So Google has created a … It very rarely gets my location correct. Google extremely often changes my search results to read that town instead of mine even if I put in the town and/or zip code, and has also changed information that I’m trying to enter into address boxes, or attempts to anyway, as in ‘Did you mean’ here instead of there. I cannot download the Eir Sports app from the Google Playstore because it tells me it’s not available in my country ??? Opera is a fast, reliable, and secure Chromium browser, so be sure to try it if you’re having browser problems. Google's Gmail Phishing Warnings and False Positives. I have wasted hours, trying everything, but I can’t budge. CCleaner is an excellent option, for instance. I’ve been trying to get Google to use my listed home address for location for 2 years. But don’t tell Google that, apparently Google thinks I surf the internet with a DeLorean. After installation, launch CCleaner , and then click on, After CCleaner has finished scanning, click on, Close Settings afterward and then restart your browser. Company policy prohibits connecting “personal” accounts so logging in with your gmail so it can get location from your phone’s GPS (assuming you even have one) is out as well. *SIGH*, Google thinks I’m Polish. Patrick_yant +2 more. I have the same problem as jordy2irish. How do I fix this, I’ve tried everything? After the scan is complete, the repair process will replace damaged files with fresh Windows files and components. I did start using a VPN which happens to be in Atlanta — where my new location shows up instead of my actual location in Louisiana. I have a crazy problem regarding this….I live in the Republic Of Ireland and recently signed up for broadband and Eir Sports package. The really annoying thing is that the Met-Office App keeps showing me the lovely sunny days in Rawalpindi, when I can see the sleet driving against the window panes here. I live in the United States, not the UK. It’s frustrating to me — and many other users — that Google does not provide some sort of explicit mechanism for us to update this location data when it goes wrong. Why? There is no way to force Google to use any address you manually enter, in anyway… Even though that should have been a common sense default, or at least a common sense default option. I live in Korea but I can’t really speak the language. I'm not logged into a Google account. I have manually changed the “Current region” to United Kingdom, this doesn’t really explain why Google thinks an IP address that can be geolocated to Nottingham is actually Israel, and in any case it only seems to “stick” for a while. Literally, the only thing the address you list as “home” accomplishes, is to maximize the level of frustration as it will be entirely ignored. Select System > Notifications & actions > Add or remove quick actions. Hi, I too am having the same issue. Another way is the address you assign as HOME in your google maps. I tried submitting a “New Location” with my correct address for a pin drop at my location, but I immediately received a “Not Applied” response. The main data Google collects here is around your location, though it obviously tracks you through its apps as well—Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps—just as it does on the web. Download CCleaner using the button below. This post shows how to change the country settings when using Microsoft Bing. Using a tracking cookie, Google stores info based on your searches to better target ads at your ass.Aaaaaand now you can see what demographic (I'm a cat!) Google news has the wrong location for me every time I open that page. In my case, the problem is that it suddenly did find out my location… and won’t show me web pages in English! Learn how to fix this browser error by following the steps below. Location tracking , IP address are two big ways. I know in America you have to pay for healthcare and ambulances etc. I am signed into my Google accounts and used to live in Ireland when I set those up, but every single location setting in my Google accounts has been set to the UK (even timezone, etc). It works fine when navigating and … But considering there is a mountain with 4000 feet of elevation, several hundred miles, a national forest, and the absence of the 1.21 jigga-watts my phone needs to transmit that far, I seriously doubt my phone is connecting to a cell tower near Sacramento. Since some users had actually traveled to those locations at some point in the past, it appears that Google somehow got “stuck” on those old locations. In conclusion, any of the solutions we mentioned above are effective in resolving the web browser location issue. Opera is a fast and reliable web browser, and since it’s based on Chromium, it quite similar to Chrome. Active 5 years, 11 months ago. Then I closed the google map tab and reopened it. Same issue. I have exactly this problem. UPDATE (September 28, 2017): As of yesterday morning, Google had me “on the move” again. I am in SLC and Google Chrome says I am in Hall County, Nebraska. 0. Google is really annoyed you're using Microsoft Edge. Using a country domain to get region-specific Google Search results is a thing of the past now. but no joy! I realize that there are people who make a hobby out of trying to hide their locations from Google — and that’s their choice. And local Google desktop search results are suddenly all for Detroit instead of Los Angeles — not particularly useful to me. OK, if I had to choose, Detroit is a fine city, but I don’t do well in cold winters, so Hawaii would likely win out. This is a simple solution, but it can help if the computer thinks you’re in a different country, so be sure to try it. Hacking is unlikely the cause. What you have to do in this particular case is the following: If Google thinks that you’re in another country, you might want to try accessing it from a different browser. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. I guess we still don’t have any kind of fix, and Google apparently doesn’t care. Google thinks I'm in Malaysia. To be fair, I don't know if this behavior is limited to Google; I don't know of other sites that track visitors' locations, so I can't check. 350 million people use Opera daily, a fully-fledged navigation experience that comes with various built-in packages, enhanced resource consumption and great design. But since in reality I’m not planning a move from L.A., I’d sure appreciate Google setting my location as being where I actually am, rather than thousands of miles away.