Overseas proxy makes Google Chrome think I am in Germany or Netherlands

Solution 1:

To force this I added a specific Google UK search entry and made it default:

Spanner icon -> Settings -> Basics tab -> Default search section -> Manage button

Click the Add button and enter the following:

Name: google.co.uk

Keyword: google.co.uk

URL: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s

Click OK then select the new entry and click Make Default

All done!

All searches will now go through google.co.uk and not the location aware version which uses the following URL:

{google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s