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by bowlofpetunias 4647 days ago
Did I mention changing features (omitting some, changing the navigation to others) and search results (Stack Overflow tends not to show up in local searches in language xyz) ?

And all this with no language/region switch in sight? Except the one inside the account settings, which Google then randomly ignores?

What would you consider to be the appropriate reaction to such a user experience?

Or just imagine clicking on the link at the top of this threat and ending up on a page called "Onze geschiedenis tot in detail", which contains a truly awful, low quality and barely readable Dutch "translation" with no obvious way of accessing the content people are actually discussing here.

Would this put you in a good mood?

2 comments

Most Google services accept and honor a "hl" URL parameter. So it would be http://www.google.com/about/company/history/?hl=en for English, and hl=nl for Dutch (not that you want it). No cookie cleaning is needed :)
Delete your google cookies then resign in.