google.com/ncr (no country redirect) was the panacea until Google broke it.

currysausage · on March 11, 2022

Nowadays it's https://www.google.com/?gl=us&hl=en (US region, English language). Works for /maps too.

If that still redirects you to a local version for some reason, append &gws_rd=cr (which AFAIK tells Google Web Server that a country redirect already happened and that no further country redirect should be triggered).

Youtube needs uppercase region and usually disrespects language if you don't append &persist_hl=1 (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&gl=US&persist_hl=1). Might as well append &persist_gl=1 too.

Not really an issue if you use bookmarks on your own devices, but super annoying otherwise.