Omnibox NCR

Force google.com (aka Google No Country Redirect) when searching in Google Chrome Omnibox

What is Omnibox NCR?

Omnibox NCR is a Chrome extension designed to enhance search privacy. It forces your Google Chrome Omnibox to default to google.com, preventing automatic redirection based on your IP or proxy location. This is essential for users who use proxies or VPN to mask their actual location, ensuring their searches stay on google.com irrespective of their actual or masked geographic location. The extension works by replacing URLs requested to google.com using a 307 Internal Redirect before the original request is made.

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Extension stats

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View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.25 (8)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2016-11-28)

Creation date: 2016-11-28

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://www.google.ad/*
*://www.google.ae/*
*://www.google.com.af/*
*://www.google.com.ag/*
*://www.google.com.ai/*
*://www.google.al/*
*://www.google.am/*
*://www.google.co.ao/*

Size: 62.66K

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Ranking

# 27297 ▼ 86

Other rankings

#25937 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 37 #48 in country keyword 21 ▲ 2 #230 in redirect keyword 53 ▲ 1

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Extension summary

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This extension, will force using google.com (aka Google No Country Redirect) when you search in Google Chrome Omnibox.

If you travel a lot, or you just care about privacy and use proxy to hide your real IP from another country, imagine you’re in China and using a Japanese proxy, Google always redirects you to google.co.jp when you search in Google Chrome Omnibox. This extension could definitely make your browser stick with google.com.

Under the Hood

This extension simply replace the URL you request before onBeforeRequest to google.com, no additional internet request will be made since the replace process will be done in 307 Internal Redirect.

User reviews

Doesn't seem to work. I do my searches in the omnibox and still get country specific stuff.

Matthew Tull, 2018-06-12

Works Just as Described. I would rate it Five stars if you could add one little toggle to Enable and Disable the extension from the icon itself. Maybe clicking on the icon could do this it would be easier to switch from google.com and country specefic google search. Otherwise just perfect.