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Q&A: How can I force Google to always show American search results?

Posted on November 12, 2025

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Question from Brett: I need your help with something if you don’t mind, Rick.

I just started a new job for which I’ll be traveling quite frequently, mostly to western Europe but occasionally to South and Central America as well.

I’m in the UK right now and every time I click on my bookmark to load Google it takes me to the British Google site.

I really need for my browser to load the Google search results for the United States at all times because only those results are relevant to the research I do for my job.

Do you know of a way to force Google to always show the American search results no matter which country I’m in at the time? [Read more…]

How to download ALL the data Google has collected about you

Posted on August 17, 2025

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If you’ve been using the Internet for a while you’ve probably used several of Google’s many services.

In fact, my guess is you use several of them on a regular basis.

For example, do you use Gmail?

How about YouTube or Google Maps?

Or perhaps their ultra-popular Chrome browser?

Although you probably don’t use all of them, Google actually has dozens of popular online services and tools that are used by billions of people world-wide on a daily basis. [Read more…]

How to delete your entire Google search history (and prevent Google from collecting it in the future)

Posted on July 29, 2025

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Did you know that Google keeps a record of everything you have ever searched for via the Google search engine?

Well, they do, and unless you have already deleted your Search history at some point in the past it dates all the way back to the very first search you made on Google!

Truth be told, Google has always provided a way to delete your Search history IF you knew where to look. The thing is, it was always very hard to find.

Luckily, Google has now made it a lot easier to delete your Search history.

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How to delete your entire Google search history (and stop Google from storing it)

Posted on May 1, 2025

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Did you know Google keeps a record of every search you’ve ever made?

Well, they do. And they’ll keep it forever unless you tell them to delete it.

As you can probably guess, there are many reasons why you might not want a record of every Google search you’ve ever made hanging around year after year.

Luckily, it’s quite easy to delete your entire Google search history in one fell swoop. [Read more…]

8 tips for searching Google like a pro

Posted on March 6, 2025

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These days you can find virtually anything you’re looking for with a Google search.

But as you’ve probably noticed, the search results pages can sometimes be confusing and cluttered with results that have little or nothing to do with the topic you’re interested in.

But by using a few tricks you can eliminate many of the distracting non-relevant listings and find the info you need in a jiffy.

With that in mind, here are eight tips for searching Google like a pro: [Read more…]