Prevent Google To Direct You To Country-Specific Google Version

So if you mainly use Google for work, or you just want to google your name every night, or you prefer getting answers internationally, you might prefer the main Google.com website. Anyway, if you're in a certain country, Google will automatically redirect you to that specific country's Google.com version for easier and faster search. For example, Google.de (Germany); Google.fr (France); Google.ca (Canada); Google.in (India). 

If you always want to prevent this from happening, there is a trick to use. That is by typing this URL into the address bar. 

http://www.google.com/ncr

 You can either type this out every time or you can just set this as your homepage in your browser. 'NCR' stands for 'No Country Redirect'. Every time you use this URL you will go to the main Google.com page.

Note: As soon as you hit enter after the URL, the '/ncl' will disappear.

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