The problem
You are located outside the US and like to use google.com? You use google.com/ncr and wonder why you are still on your local Google site?
The solution
Visiting https://www.google.com/preferences and changing your region settings to United States will do the trick.
Why is this useful?
Get better tech content!
In Tech it is common to search for other people thoughts, knowledge, experiences. Often you find better content.
NFL scores, NBA scores, NHL scores ;)
Just search for nfl scores and you get this:
Awesome! Compare this to what the Germans get:
