Country-Specific Google Domains (US, UK, AU, JP): Access Methods and Benefits
When working on SEO for globally targeted websites or traveling overseas, it’s helpful to know how to access Google from other countries. This is because Google shows different search results depending on the country.
Today, we’ll explore the latest (2024) methods and reasons for using Google in Australia, the US, the UK, and other countries abroad.
List of Main Access Links for US Google, UK Google, Australia Google, Japan Google, and More
Many people want to access and search on Google sites for countries like the US, UK, Australia, and Japan. To meet this need, we provide the latest direct links to Google sites for each country, along with detailed instructions on how to bypass restrictions to access Google abroad.
We hope this post makes your searching more convenient and efficient.
Importance of Bypassing Google Access
Simply visiting Google’s main domains such as google.com or google.co.uk does not automatically take you to that country’s localized Google site. This is because Google redirects users based on their location. Therefore, to access a specific country’s Google site directly, you need to add parameters.
Google Access Links by Country
Use the links below to access Google sites for each country. Clicking the links will take you directly to that country’s Google homepage, with the accessed country displayed in the bottom left corner. However, note that for the US Google site, no country indicator appears.
Below is a list of the most popular links to Google. They are in order of US Google, UK Google, Australia Google, and Japan Google.
Link to Google US
Link to Google UK
Link to Google Australia
Link to Google in Japan
For all other region & language specific Google bypass links, please use our international Google link generator!
Why Use an Overseas Google Link Generator?
The reason to use an overseas Google link generator is that Google shows different search results depending on the region you access from or the search language you use. Using this tool can offer several advantages in various situations.
The image above shows a screen where the search language is set to Korean while accessing Google Australia. So, what are the benefits of bypassing and accessing Google from another country? There are several differences, but the three main advantages are:
1. Richer Image Search Results
Let’s take image search as an example. Many people search for copyright-free images, right? Even if you search for the same keyword “zebra”, the results differ between searching “zebra” on Google Korea and searching “zebra” on Google Japan with the search language set to Korean. (Click to enlarge.)
More images are coming up when you search for Japanese Google! For more information, please refer to the post below. You can see the different search results for each country.
2. Understanding Search Patterns by Country
The second reason is that it’s useful when analyzing search patterns across different countries. Since people’s cultures and preferences vary by country, the search results Google shows for the same keyword can be different.
This is especially helpful for those running English blogs when doing SEO work by country or when wanting to accurately check their blog’s ranking. For more detailed information, please refer to the following two posts:
- [SEO Basics Part 1] How to Analyze Keywords: The ABC Exploration Method
- What Is SEO? Latest Case Studies for 2024
3. How to Bypass Google SafeSearch and Gain Freedom in Searching
The last reason is search freedom. In the case of Google Korea, the SafeSearch feature causes many words to be restricted in search results—sometimes without you even realizing it.
What Is Google SafeSearch?
Google SafeSearch (age verification) is a feature designed to block harmful content for teenagers. However, this feature can also limit the search freedom of adult users. To turn off SafeSearch, you need to log into your account and verify your age, which means your search keywords and visited addresses are saved in your account, causing some inconvenience.
The Need to Bypass SafeSearch
In Google Korea, SafeSearch automatically activates for certain keywords. For example, when searching for keywords that may be harmful to teenagers, even if you turn off SafeSearch, you still need age verification, making it difficult to fully lift the restriction. In such cases, using overseas Google sites allows you to get freer search results.
Also, no matter how much restrictions are put in place, in the borderless world of the internet, clicking just one link can bypass everything. This makes us wonder if there are better alternative approaches needed to solve this issue.
Understanding the Structure of Overseas Google Links
Actually, Google operates separate domains for each country, so you can simply visit the domain for the country you want. But if you look closely, there is a principle behind it. At the end of overseas Google access links, you can find two key components that make up the link.
- Country code (gl)
- Language code (hl)
In other words, by combining the country code that indicates where you want to access from and the language code that indicates in which language you want to search, you can create an overseas Google bypass access link with the following structure.
- google.com/?gl=”desired country”&hl=”desired search language”
Although many say you must use each country’s Google domain instead of google.com, in practice, you can just use google.com and change only the parameters at the end.
Google Country Codes
The country codes used to create overseas Google bypass links are well organized in the “List of Domain Extensions by Country for 204 Countries Worldwide.” Please refer to that for details.
Google Language Codes
Below is a list of language codes supported by Google. This data is a Korean-translated and alphabetically sorted version of Google’s official language codes.
| Country name | Language code |
| Galician (Galician) | gl |
| Gujarati (Gujarati) | gu |
| Georgian (Georgian) | ka |
| Greek (Greek) | el |
| Dutch (Dutch) | nl |
| Nepali (Nepali) | ne |
| Norwegian (Norwegian) | no |
| Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Norwegian (Nynorsk)) | nn |
| Danish (Danish) | da |
| German (German) | de |
| Latvian (Latvian) | lv |
| Latin (Latin) | la |
| Russian (Russian) | ru |
| Romanian (Romanian) | ro |
| Lithuanian (Lithuanian) | lt |
| Marathi (Marathi) | mr |
| Macedonian (Macedonian) | mk |
| Malayalam (Malayam) | ml |
| Malay (Malay) | ms |
| Maltese (Maltese) | mt |
| Basque (Basque) | eu |
| Vietnamese (Vietnamese) | vi |
| Belarusian (Belarusian) | be |
| Bengali (Bengali) | bn |
| Bosnian (Bosnian) | bs |
| Bulgarian (Bulgarian) | bg |
| Bihari | bh |
| Serbian (Serbian) | sr |
| Sudanese (Sudanese) | su |
| Swahili (Swahili) | sw |
| Swedish (Swedish) | sv |
| Scots Gaelic (Scots Gaelic) | gd |
| 西班牙语 (Spanish) | es |
| Slovak (Slovak) | sk |
| Slovenian (Slovenian) | sl |
| Sinhalese (Sinhalese) | si |
| Arabic (Arabic) | ar |
| Icelandic (Icelandic) | is |
| Irish (Irish) | ga |
| Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani) | az |
| Afrikaans (Afrikaans) | af |
| Albanian (Albanian) | sq |
| Amharic (Amharic) | sm |
| Estonian (Estonian) | et |
| Esperanto (Esperanto) | eo |
| 英语 (English) | en |
| Occitan (Occitan) | oc |
| Urdu (Urdu) | ur |
| Uzbek (Uzbek) | uz |
| Ukrainian (Ukrainian) | uk |
| Welsh (Welsh) | cy |
| Italian (Italian) | it |
| Indonesian (Indonesian) | id |
| Interlingua (Interlingua) | ia |
| Japanese (Japanese) | ja |
| Javanese (Javanese) | jw |
| Zulu (Zulu) | zu |
| Chinese (Simplified) (Chinese (Simplified)) | zh-CN |
| Chinese (Traditional) (Chinese (Traditional)) | zh-TW |
| Czech (Czech) | cs |
| Catalan (Catalan) | ca |
| Kannada (Kannada) | kn |
| Xhosa (Xhosa) | xh |
| Croatian (Croatian) | hr |
| Tagalog (Tagalog) | tl |
| Tamil (Tamil) | ta |
| Thai (Thai) | th |
| Turkish (Turkish) | tr |
| Telugu (Telugu) | te |
| Tigrinya (Tigrinya) | ti |
| Punjabi (Punjabi) | pa |
| Faroese | fo |
| Persian (Persian) | fa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) (Portuguese (Brazil)) | pt-BR |
| Portuguese (Portugal) (Portuguese (Portugal)) | pt-PT |
| Polish (Polish) | pl |
| French (French) | fr |
| Frisian (Frisian) | fy |
| Finnish (Finnish) | fi |
| Español (Español) | en |
| Hungarian (Hungarian) | hu |
| Hebrew | iw |
| Hindi (Hindi) | hi |
