Set Google Chrome search to ignore location

Solution 1:

Find your Chrome User Data directory:

  • Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data

  • Windows 7: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data

  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

  • Linux: ~/.config/google-chrome or ~/.config/chromium

Open the Local State file in a text editor, and change the browser.last_known_google_url value to your desired domain. For example:

{
    ...,
    "browser": {
        ...,
        "last_known_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",
        ...
    },
    ...
}