Google Global Version 2.0.4 Bugfix
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June 4th, 2009 
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Since the latest release of Firefox (and subsequent release of the 3.5 b4) as well as the way Google has changed certain country URL structures, many users have seen the Google Global Firefox extension either stop working or not recognize that it’s on a Google search result page (giving the “Please navigate to a search result page” error).
Last week, we quietly released the bug fix to the Mozilla sandbox. This is now approved and is also available to download below. Please leave any feedback in the comments below.
This version should also improve performance and allow 100 more locations/IPs/Zip codes to be added and stored. All previous saved locations and settings should not be lost in this upgrade.
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June 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Hey Dave,
This is excellent. Thanks so much for sharing.
Conor
June 5th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Great, I’m using this a lot, thanks for the update!
June 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Dave,
Thanks. I ask my clients to help out with ads; Google Global is a required tool ;)
June 8th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Oh my god, Dave. You’re really my savor, as I’ve been very frustrated with the “Please navigate to a search result page” error from time to time! Thanks for the fixed the bug. I’ll be pleased to download the add-on and test it on.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I work every day to use Firefox and this new version will be useful for me. As you knew what I need. Thank you for this.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
hi Dave,
thanks for this. I still use Firefox for some sites but prefer to use Google chrome.
June 14th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
cheers Dave i was doing my head in trying to work that out. I will keep an eye out for other updates
June 18th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Again “Please navigate to a search result page” error ;(
although I doownload the Bugfix nothing changed please help!!!
June 19th, 2009 at 6:31 am
You are a lifesaver, I’ve been experiencing the same problem for a bit. This will help greatly, your blog is sweet. Thanks for the help.
June 21st, 2009 at 10:55 am
Thanks. I am from australia and this will help me see the competition in other countries. Gota love firefox extensions. SEO for firefox is good as well.
June 21st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Hello there! Unfortunately the bug fix has not worked for me. I am running xp and have tried uninstalling and re intsalling several times. have tired shutting down the PC and rebooting but to no avail??? Still get the same Alert message “Please navigate t a Google search results page” After 2 hours I have had enough. Hope someone comes up with a solution. Thanks
David
June 28th, 2009 at 10:02 am
this bugfix is a nice upgrade. thank you for posting/sharing.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:00 am
WoW, I didn’t realize that it can really work, as I have tested many other so called “Bugfix” before, but I always encountered with failure!
Thanks for the awesome stuff, Dave. You deserved the credit.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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July 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Just found your Firefox extension and wanted to say thank you for this great extension
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Just installed v2.0.4 and it works well. Personalizing from the right click option, I can add searches and the options menu works BUT the toolbar icon does not show any but the default searches AND the options and all tabs are not displayed in the drop down
August 5th, 2009 at 8:53 am
FYI, I am still getting this error as an Australian user. Was the Australian URLs updated as well?
cheers
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
hey dave, its a nice and really very helpful extension of firefox. i use firefox as my default browser because of these kind of stuffs only. These kind of extensions of firefox are really helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us..
August 26th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Great extension for FF.
However when I’m looking at results from google.com.au and I want to use the extension to get USA results, the extension won’t let me. “Please navigate to a Google results page” message comes up.
So I have to go to goole.com.au and click to use google.com instead, then I can use the extension.
I’ve installed the 2.04 version from here, but the about box on the extension says 2.0 so perhaps it didn’t upgrade as expected.
Any ideas for me to try?
Thanks
Aaron
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Hi Guys.
It works for me at the beginning but one week after I had install it… stopped working.
Is there any thing you guys recommend me to do? I’ve already tried to uninstall and install again but it didn’t work.
Thank you very much.
Gabriel Medeiros.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:59 am
I used to use this for FF 3.0.13 and now I’ve upgraded to FF 3.5.2 (it did this automatically but that’s another story!). Anyway I’ve tried installing the add-on again since I’m in Australia and I find the add-on really useful.
However it doesn’t seem to install at all.
I don’t get any errors but it doesn’t appear in the add-on list. I’ve sent you a message through your website (just now) and then found this page but even with this download the same thing happens.
I love this add-on and I’m so disappointed that I can’t get it to work at the moment.
If you have any suggestions to help me out I’d be grateful!
Regards,
Karen
September 14th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Hi Guys,
There are a number of us for whom the fix has not worked. Any ideas what might be causing it?
Thanks
Ed
September 17th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Hi there Dave, I have just found this site and its filled with some great information.
I use Fire Fox all the time and have had no problems with the new version, but I have had a few people complaining about it, but for me its just great and thanks for the tips that you shared.
September 19th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Ihad a lot issues with firefox at first now it seems good ,I do have a problem with using ad ons
September 21st, 2009 at 12:09 am
as per David 21st June, same happens to me. If there’s anything i can do to fix I would appreciate the help as it sounds like a really cool feature.
“# David Says:
June 21st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Hello there! Unfortunately the bug fix has not worked for me. I am running xp and have tried uninstalling and re intsalling several times. have tired shutting down the PC and rebooting but to no avail??? Still get the same Alert message “Please navigate t a Google search results page” After 2 hours I have had enough. Hope someone comes up with a solution. Thanks”
September 25th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Still doesn’t work. I wish it did. All I get is a link to Totone in the menu, but even that doesn’t do anything.
I’m using FF 3.5.2.
PS IS there any definitive discussion on how Google regionalises results? Quite frankly the way Google is doing it really p%^&sses me off and I know it does for a lot other people.
If I wanted local results I could walk down the street or use the yellow pages. The whole point of a search engine was so that y ou could find out what else was out there outside of your own neighbourhood, or in a place like Australia outside of your country.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Good Man, this is a handy little tool to have. I was getting tired of people telling me that one of the tools I recommended in my SEO guide wasn’t working. Thanks
September 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
SEO BOOKs tools is absolutely outstanding for my SEO works :P
October 6th, 2009 at 9:19 am
I have just stumbled upon this site and so far the information has really been very helpful and interesting.
Thanks for this tool I have noted it and will be using it a lot, as I am still very new to all this SEO and I have noticed how important it is. Thank you
October 21st, 2009 at 10:01 am
I use this Global Version 2.0.4 firefox daily. Its very useful for me. look forward to more tools, ideas.
November 28th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
This tool is awesome. But recently I’m having some problems with it. I can’t seem to get it to work again. I uninstalled and installed, yet nothing shows up. I’m using Firefox Version 3.5.3.
Isn’t this the latest FF, or is there another current version?
I hope that’s not the source of the current problem…as in…sh’ld we upgrade our FF browsers?
November 30th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I too have been experiencing the error reported above when I search using Google.com.au, BUT when I used it from Google.co.uk the GGlobal add-on worked just fine – as normal.
Hopefully that will provide you some insight into the root of this ongoing bug. I am running Firefox 3.5.5 on XP OS.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:10 am
Hello all,
I was having the same problem as many.
“Please navigate to a google search results page before using this extension!”
Firstly connecting to Google.com defaulted to Google.com.au, as it has done frustratingly for ages.
(writing to Google or my service provider did not even rate an answer)
Secondly my Firefox Google Global pluggin only ever worked once.
After updating both my browser and the latest bug fix still nothing worked.
Then I found a fix that worked for me.
On this page,
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=873
I found this link,
http://www.google.com/ncr
which seemed to bypass Google.com.au for me.
Strangely, typing in http://www.google.com did not redirect to the Australian
version anymore.
I found also that my Firefox Google Global pluggin now seemed to work also.
Spooks in the mist I guess?
But alas, after closing and reloading Firefox I was back to my old auto redirect
and faulty Google Global pluggin.
So, back to this page,
http://www.google.com/ncr
and we are working as preferred again.
This time I edited my bookmark entry to add the “/ncr”
No idea why this works, but there you go. Firefox Google Global pluggin
is working perfectly, and I can get the results I prefer.
cheers, Mal.
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:36 am
Hey! LOVE google global…however when I upgraded to Firefox 3.6, even with this bug fix…it says not compatible. Is there a workaround? Thank you!
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:46 am
Thanks MAL — Fantastic Mate!
You’re obviously a fellow Aussie :)
I’ve been learning how to go about my internet marketing for some time now — although I had unexpected downtime for the past few months, I am just now getting back in the saddle — with a vengeance! (February 2010)
Your solution above is excellent and works very well for me.
… THANKS AGAIN MAL …
I wish I could contact you directly — why? — because your solution helped me — and I would like to return the favour.
For example, I am working on a special report on various traffic generation strategies, based on my own case studies. When the report is complete, I would like to give you a copy, and possibly give you a mention as well — since your solution has helped me just when I needed it most.
You’re obviously no dummy, so you can work out how to contact me through my blog :) … I shouldn’t need to tell you how :)
… I’m Dave X … 8-)
February 7th, 2010 at 3:04 am
Pls update for FF3.6
February 8th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
The great thing about Firefox is that bugs get squashed real quick! I reluctantly migrated to Firefox on the insistence of a techie friend over five years ago and have not looked back at all. If only the rest of the world can realise what a waste of time IE is, and embrace Firefox universally. Now this would make me a very happy man!
February 14th, 2010 at 4:12 am
Any chance to get an update on your addon for firefox 3.6?
February 25th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Dave, same as Matthew comment above, any idea if there’s an update on Google Global to the new firefox 3.6? Love Google Global but unfortunately it has not being able to work with firefox 3.6
February 26th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Also looking for a 3.6 update?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Hi guys, the new version with 3.6 support and some bug fixes is coming the first week in March.
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:26 am
I wonder why this upgraded version (Firefox/3.5.7) is still not working on my end. This keeps appearing “Please navigate to a google search results page before using this extension!” Help here.
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Hi Faith, please keep the faith (I couldn’t resist). 2.1 will be released next week assuming the amazing beta testers don’t come back with any more issues. It will also include an auto update feature so you wont have to worry about coming back here.
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