Google Global Firefox Extension V2

Google Global Firefox ExtensionGoogle Global version 2 has been tested and is now ready for general release. V2 is a complete rewrite of version 1 as a result of all the wonderful feedback and feature requests. V2 is a lot more robust, works with more versions of Firefox and has over 20 new features! This version has some pretty advanced configuration options and is compatible with Firefox V3.

Google Global now allows you to view organic and paid Google search results as they appear in almost any location on Earth.

Whats New?

  • View paid and organic search results as they appear in different cities.
  • View paid and organic search results as they appear in different regions.
  • Open all results from countries, cities and regions in multiple tabs for easy comparison.
  • View paid and organic search results from a specific IP address.
  • View paid and organic search results from any US ZIP code.
  • View paid and organic search results from different language results pages.
  • Custom advanced saved searches.
  • Firefox V3 compatible
  • Many more…

 

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Important: V2 is completely rewritten and is NOT compatible with V1. Please uninstall V1 from the addons menu before installing V2. Please report any problems in the comments.

Usage

Google Global can be used in two ways. From the context menu or from the toolbar.

The easiest way to use Google Global is to simply do a search for something on Google. When you see you search results page, simply right click anywhere on the search results page, select “Search Google Global” and select what geographic location you would like to see the results from. It is as simple as that.

Google Global Firefox Extension V2 right click

Google Global also allows you to customize your toolbar with an additional button as opposed to another memory hogging toolbar. This allows quick access to the functions of the Google Global extension. To add the button follow these simple steps:

1) Right click an empty area on your Firefox menu bar

Customize Google Global

2) Locate the Google Global icon and click and drag the icon to your toolbar. We like to drag the icon right beside the “Home” icon. (The one that looks like a little house).

Customize Google Global - Drag and Drop

3) Drop the icon wherever you see fit on the toolbar. It’s up to you.

Customize Google Global Toolbar

4) Start using Google Global button to easily switch between search results from different countries.

Options:

There are a few options within Google Global that you can change depending on your personal browsing habits. You can open the search results in a new tab, useful for comparing results, you can add as many locations to your Google Global search options and you can also depersonalize the search results shown by Google Global.

Google Global Firefox Extension V2 options


Google Global Firefox Extension V2 options Save

I would like to express my deepest thanks to Joost, Richard, Danielle, Gary, Vittorio, and Tom for all your help with the beta testing. You have been such a huge help you have no idea.

This extension has been a labour of love and we have worked very hard on improving and testing it. One “feature” that did not make this version was the ability to download the extension from the official mozilla.org site. As anyone who has ever developed a Firefox extension before will know, the sandbox waiting time is quite long. If anyone who uses this extension finds it useful and knows what the extension sandbox is, please leave a review and hopefully the next version will be available from the official site.

If anyone has any feedback, bug reports or feature requests, please feel free to leave them in the comments below.

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