A question about $$ (Cache)

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Okay, I feel like a complete idiot asking this, but it's driving me nuts...

I am temporarily in the US and have brought my Macbook Air with me. Here's the problem: even though I clear my cache/history each time I close Firefox, the search results upon re-opening my browser are all Canadian, which is really annoying when I'm trying to find a location of a US restaurant, or store hours, etc.. (it keeps bringing up the Canadian websites in the search results if the business is also located in Canada).

I'm using Google, but like I said, my browser is set to clear cache/history each time I close Firefox, and when I reopen and start a new search, Google still "thinks" I'm in Canada.

Where else could this "location" information be stored? Is it stored somewhere on my mac, or in Google? I am not logged into Gmail or any other account that would store the info.

Thanks in advance for your help...:Confused:
 

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It's stored in browser cookies. So, you just need to clear your cookies to reset Google's location info.
 
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My browser is set to clear cache/history each time I close Firefox, and when I reopen and start a new search, Google still "thinks" I'm in Canada.

Even if I manually clear the cookies/cache, it still does it... confused...
 

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My browser is set to clear cache/history each time I close Firefox, and when I reopen and start a new search, Google still "thinks" I'm in Canada.

Even if I manually clear the cookies/cache, it still does it... confused...

Are you sure you're clearing the cookies? They are different from the cache. Cache is files stored locally to avoid reloading all elements of a given webpage. Cookies are little files that track parts of your identity. Just because you cleared one, doesn't mean you've cleared the other.

The only other thought I have on this is that if you're tethering to a cell phone registered through a Canadian provider (i.e. using it as your Internet connection), it may be pulling your location by means of your carrier's IP that is localized to Canada.
 
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My connection is through a local provider, but now I know why it's happening... it's because my search engine is set to 'google.ca' instead of 'google.com.'

I don't know why I didn't think of that before.

Thanks so much for chiming in so quickly - I appreciate it!
 

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