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- Google gfe_rd=cr&ei= URL Mystery Revealed
- What is gfe_rd=cr&ei= ?
- It just a cookie link redirected to your browser based on the country.
- For past few months when we type google.com it redirects us to our country site mentioning as
- google.co.uk
- google.co.in
- google.co.kr
- google.co.nz
- google.co.au
- with that an extra query like structure will be there.
- like one of these https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=S3FfUss8i5DfG9y1gtAL
- Here in ?gfe_rd=cr&ei=
- gfe means Google Front-End,
- rd means Redirect,
- cr means Country.
- (till this you can find in all websites)
- And the final ei means Engine Id and also some random combination of numbers and letters is a cookie sent to our desktop..
- Google Front-End
- provide Gmail, Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, Docs, Blogger, orkut, Reader and many other services.
- How to Remove this from your browser?
- Google Chrome:
- Settings -> Appearance->Show Home Button -> Change it to www.google.com or
- www.google.co.(country code)
- Mozilla Firefox:
- Tools->Options-> General tab->Homepage-> Change it to www.google.com or
- www.google.co.(country code)
- Internet Explorer:
- Tools->Internet Options-> Homepage-> Change it to www.google.com or
- www.google.co.(country code)
- What is /ncr?
- From other sites i got this information as no country redirect.and it'll take you back to the regular, English-speaking Google.com without all the local results. But its not have any major effect.
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