Google will redirect its country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) for Google Search over the coming months, according to a blog post.
This will mean that users of google.ng (for Nigeria) or google.com.br (for Brazil), for example, will see google.com in their address bars instead.
Users may be prompted to re-enter some of their search preferences as the change “gradually” rolls out.
Google has said that this change will not impact search functionality, nor its obligations under national laws.
Since 2017, the tech giant has provided the same search experience for everyone, regardless of whether they used the local ccTLD or google.com, so country-level domains are no longer necessary, it said.