This was added on the advice of somebody at Google, due to en-GB users being offered results that were more relevant to people living in the US. If this is no longer a problem then I'm prepared to drop the change, but I'm not going to sacrifice the experience of almost our entire en-GB audience for one en-GB user outside of the UK ;)
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116071 Title: Google search povider for en-GB locale incorrectly adds "gl" parameter forcing UK-based search results Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Google search provider in /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/searchplugins/locale/en-GB/google.xml adds the parameter <Param name="gl" value="uk"/> According to Google: "The gl parameter value is a two-letter country code. For WebSearch results, the gl parameter boosts search results whose country of origin matches the parameter value." This is the wrong behaviour in this instance. The choice of the en-GB search plugin is based on the *language* spoken by the user. I want to speak proper English, so I choose en-GB, even though I am located in the U.S. I don't want to see UK-based search results, instead I want my search results to be based on my actual location, which either I have explicitly set or which Google is detecting automatically. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1116071/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
