There are many search engines that we can use on the Internet, but without a doubt the most popular in Spain is Google . It offers a wide range of possibilities, beyond simply showing results for the terms we are looking for. However, it has a limitation for some users, and it is that by default it does not allow to show sites in searches based on domain. That is, if, for example, we enter Spain with the French or Portuguese domain, it will show us the searches based on our location. We will show how to change this.
How to change Google results to another country
Google offers results based on our location . This can be useful in most cases. For example, if we look for what weather is going to do, pages will appear that show information related to the place where we are. In the same way that if we look for sports results, those of Spain will appear.
However, it may happen that at a certain moment we are interested in searching for something through the Google domain of another country . For example google.pt or google.fr, which would be from Portugal and France, respectively. But if we realize it, as soon as we enter any search term, it will automatically show us the Spanish pages, as if we had entered the .es version.
We can change this, as we are going to see. It is a simple process and in this way we can enter another domain corresponding to another country and show us results from that nation.
The first thing we have to do is enter Google from our mobile or computer. Once there you have to go down to the right, where Settings appears . Then we enter Search Settings .
Within Search Settings, different options will appear that we can change. We can put values to the amount of results that appear, autocomplete, etc. If we go down we will see the section of Region Configuration .
There we simply have to choose the region that interests us. We click Show more and all the available ones will appear. From that moment, once we save the configuration, they will show us the results oriented in that place.
In this way, when we search on Google, different results will appear. For example events that take place in that country, specific pages of a nation, etc. It is interesting if we need to visit websites from a specific country.
How to change our location on the Internet
We have seen how we can change Google searches to show us as if we were in another country. Now we are going to explain what we can do to change our location on the network, not only for this popular search engine. We have different options for it.
VPN
Undoubtedly one of the most used tools to be able to change the location when browsing the Internet are VPNs . They allow us to hide our real IP and modify it as if we were physically elsewhere. In this way we can access geographically restricted content or use certain services as if we were in another country.
We can use services like Surfshark or NordVPN . They are available for both computers and mobile devices. We can use any of the multiple servers they have and thus be able to connect to the network as if we were in another country.
In addition to being able to enter Google as if we were in another country, VPNs will also improve security. Let’s say we connect to a public Wi-Fi network . This could be a danger to our safety, as we don’t really know who may be behind it.
Thanks to the use of a VPN we can encrypt the connection. The information travels as if it were in a tunnel and is not available to potential intruders who could gain access. It is therefore one more complement to improve our security on the Internet.
Proxy
We can achieve something similar with proxy servers . Just like VPNs, they will also modify our real location and allow us to surf the net as if we were physically in another place.
We have both free and paid options available to us. What we basically do is navigate through an intermediary between our device and the destination server. In this way our real IP is not shown in the connection.
In short, following these steps that we have mentioned, we can perform a Google search as if we were in another country . As we can see, they are simple processes and we can directly configure the search engine on our device, as well as use a VPN or proxy.
