Google announced yesterday a change that affects users of Google's Maps and Search services.
The change affects search users on mobile and desktops, as well as anyone who has access to the Company Maps. How; It collects local user results regardless of the top level domain they use.
What does this mean;
Google used the content you collected from your searches and used it to add and display it in a particular country, e.g. if a user from Greece made searches through the google.com domain. The same thing happened in the company's map service (Google Maps). So until now, top level domains are reported to determine what results the service would look for and would be taken by users.
This process has been changed by Google. As of today, users of these Google services will get local results, regardless of the domain they use, or from the Google application that opens.
Therefore, Greeks who open google.com will receive Greek results in their independent searches. The same is true even if you open the website using the incognito mode of the proletterof browsing or selection google.com / ncr.
Google reports the service of the country that usesat the bottom of the page. The company has removed the switch to another country service option from the search results page and moved it to settings.
So to change Google Search to another location:
Open the Google search domain you want to use, e.g. google.com.
Choose Settings - Search Settings at the bottom of the page.
At the bottom of the page that opened you will see the option "current area" in the area from which you want to receive the results.
Then do click on the save button.
The same procedure can be followed for Google Maps. The main difference is that you have to click on the icon menu when on the Google Maps website and select Search Settings. Everything else is the same.
Why did Google make this change? According to the company to "ensure more relevant results based on your location" and for "more compatibility with the way Google already manages" its services on other platforms such as YouTube or Blogger.