Google introduced Tuesday that it’s going to redirect nation code top-level domains (ccTLD) for Google Search to google.com over the approaching months to “streamline folks’s expertise on Search,” in line with a weblog put up.
The change signifies that if, for instance, you used google.ng (for Nigeria) or google.com.br (for Brazil), you’ll see google.com in your handle bar as a substitute. As the change “regularly” rolls out, “you might be prompted to re-enter a few of your Search preferences within the course of,” the corporate says.
Nothing about your expertise ought to in any other case change. “It’s vital to notice that whereas this replace will change what folks see of their browser handle bar, it received’t have an effect on the way in which Search works, nor will it change how we deal with obligations beneath nationwide legal guidelines,” Google says.
Google notes that, since 2017, it has offered “the identical expertise with native outcomes for everybody utilizing Search” in the event that they had been utilizing their nation’s ccTLD or google.com. “Because of this enchancment, country-level domains are now not needed.”
