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Oubadah

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#171376 15-Apr-2015 17:06

Is it just me, or is Google's search within NZ function broken? NZ search results are identical to standard results.

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#1284955 15-Apr-2015 17:08

Noticed that this afternoon as well. Filtering NZ results got me tomshardware.com which is definitely not local (as an example of the multiple entries that were obviously international).

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#1284956 15-Apr-2015 17:09

I wish they had never removed the old radio buttons for this. I usually just chuck a site:.co.nz in now.

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#1284958 15-Apr-2015 17:12

Nope, when I add "site:nz" into my query it returns NZ results only. Not sure if you were doing it that way or another, I don't know any way to do it.

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#1284979 15-Apr-2015 17:22

timmmay: Nope, when I add "site:nz" into my query it returns NZ results only. Not sure if you were doing it that way or another, I don't know any way to do it.

Search tools > Country.

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#1284980 15-Apr-2015 17:24

Hmmm... re-ran the same search as earlier this afternooin and the results are now showing correctly.

timmmay - click 'search tools' near the top under the search box when you see results.

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#1284997 15-Apr-2015 17:49

I've been experiencing this issue for about 1 week now. I too use the search tools method. Just tried again now. Not one site returned on first results page was a NZ site.

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#1285036 15-Apr-2015 18:50

kiwiharry: I've been experiencing this issue for about 1 week now. I too use the search tools method. Just tried again now. Not one site returned on first results page was a NZ site.

ditto but for me its been closer to 2 weeks

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#1285103 15-Apr-2015 20:29

Yep, same issue here for the last 2 weeks

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#1285106 15-Apr-2015 20:37

Mycroft Project is the answer. http://mycroftproject.com/

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#1285107 15-Apr-2015 20:41

k1w1k1d: Mycroft Project is the answer. http://mycroftproject.com/

Not when the site doesn't load it isn't.

And based on the Google summary for this site it is one I would personally avoid.

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#1285144 15-Apr-2015 21:42

Check whether the address shows Google.co.nz not google.com, .com does not have the country restrict option.

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#1285172 15-Apr-2015 22:25

Dynamic:
k1w1k1d: Mycroft Project is the answer. http://mycroftproject.com/

Not when the site doesn't load it isn't.

And based on the Google summary for this site it is one I would personally avoid.

Site loads fine on our PC and laptops.

Where did you find the "Google summary"?

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#1285205 15-Apr-2015 22:38

StarBlazer: Check whether the address shows Google.co.nz not google.com, .com does not have the country restrict option.

For sure, this is on google.co.nz. The option isn't missing, it just hasn't been working so well. Select restrict to NZ, but NZ sites aren't dominating the results (or even there at all) as expected.

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#1285296 16-Apr-2015 08:21

I have been having this issue too. The other day they actually removed the country filter altogether from the search tools menu, but I see it has now returned. site:nz has always worked, but is a pain.

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#1285302 16-Apr-2015 08:37

If it's not working just use site:nz. I never even know about the search tools.

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