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 individuals’s expertise on Search,” according to a blog post.
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 deal with bar as an alternative. Because the change “regularly” rolls out, “you could 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 essential to notice that whereas this replace will change what individuals see of their browser deal with bar, it received’t have an effect on the best way Search works, nor will it change how we deal with obligations underneath nationwide legal guidelines,” Google says.
Google notes that, since 2017, it has supplied “the identical expertise with native outcomes for everybody utilizing Search” in the event that they have been utilizing their nation’s ccTLD or google.com. “Due to this enchancment, country-level domains are now not essential.”