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Answer 1

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Someone's probably hijacked the google.com address on your PC. Try a ping of google.com and see if the address resolves to the same IP as you think it should. Otherwise, they may have hijacked your browser (such as a BHO under IE).

In any case, you're right, this isn't really programming-related.

EDIT: I've just typed that source into a HTML file on the hard drive and changed the 0 to a 5. It successfully refreshes me to Google after 5 seconds which is what I'd expect yours to do.

But, this sort of page-initiated meta-refresh can be disabled in some browsers. For example, if you bring up "Tools" menu, "Internet options", "Security" tab in IE6, you can disable meta-refresh (under "Miscellaneous").

This may be worth looking into, and it depends on the browser you're using. Try typing this exact content into a file x.html and double-clicking on it:

<html><body>
    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://xxx"&gt;
</body></html>

It should complain about not being able to find xxx. If not, then your browser has somehow disabled meta-refresh (in which case, tell us the browser you're using).

Have a look here to see how this is meant to work.

paxdiablo 2009-02-23 05:22:57

when i ping google.com. this is what i getPinging www.l.google.com [209.85.229.147] with 32 bytes of data:Request timed out.Though it is a different IP when visit this IP in browser I reach a google like looking page. And when I do https://209.85.229.147 it changes to google.com in addr.bar

Chandan . 2009-02-23 05:36:32

Certainly seems like a valid page, entering "SO" as a term reroutes me back to www.google.com.au and presents what I'd expect to see (So up near the top).

paxdiablo 2009-02-23 05:41:44

Try a different browser, reboot-and-try-again, check with you network people (since you mention firewalls and other users). You need to try these things. Still not related to programming so I don't think you'll get much more help, sorry.

paxdiablo 2009-02-23 05:43:41

thanks friend. you've already helped as much as you could.

Chandan . 2009-02-23 05:58:34

i tried with the meta refresh code with allow meta refresh option both enabled and disabled and it complained on both times. don't know how!Nevertheless, prior to this my allow meta refresh was disabled and search wasnt working. After enabling meta refresh google search started working. thanks.

Chandan . 2009-02-23 08:40:20

just wondering that when i had meta refresh disabled, i was still able to search using IP address. if it really was the problem with meta refresh you think? or something else!

Chandan . 2009-02-24 18:06:46

The IP address you had may have been for the *target* of the refresh, hence no refresh was required. It's only if you go to a site that has the refresh will it not work when refresh is disabled. That's the most likely explanation but I can't be sure.

paxdiablo 2009-02-24 22:31:27

Answer 2

A:

Ask your network admin about your problem. It will work best.

Donotalo 2009-02-23 05:24:25

Answer 3

A:

What is happenning is that google.com is soft-redirecting you to www.google.co.in, and your browser may have chosen to ignore this redirect.

Can you access www.google.co.in (notice the Indian domain) from your broswer?

You may want to check your antivirus, popup-blocker settings, or reinstall your browser.

A different browser on your PC may work correctly with www.google.com.

Cheers, V.

vladr 2009-02-23 05:25:36

yes, i am able to access google.co.in from my browser. but the same problem persists!

Chandan . 2009-02-23 05:27:57

how do you mean, the same problem persists? when accessing www.google.co.in what does the page source contain?

vladr 2009-02-23 05:30:03

i am terribly sorry that when posting the question the page source that i had provided was indeed of a search result obtained from google.co.in. i have corrected that now. so, when i search using google.co.in the behavior is similar as stated in the question. makes no difference.

Chandan . 2009-02-23 05:47:42

there is no difference apart from the fact that the page source will contain google.co.in instead of google.com

Chandan . 2009-02-23 05:52:49

Answer 4

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I agree to pax! Could be a virus issue. A similar virus which blocks orkut is detailed here. Check your PC for virUS. If you are in a network contact your network admin and see if it happens for all the users.

You can also try flushing the DNS entries by following this.

Shoban 2009-02-23 05:27:56

flushing dns didn't help either!

Chandan . 2009-02-23 06:18:04

This happens only with google? What about other browsers?

Shoban 2009-02-23 06:28:51

this happens only with google. i cannot confirm if it happens with other browsers as i am allowed to use only IE here.

Chandan . 2009-02-23 08:29:58

Answer 5

A:

Thank you Pax for zeroing in on rather seemingly strange issue. It was the problem of meta refresh disabled after all. no virus or malware.

I am using IE6. After I enabled meta refresh from "tools->internet options->security->custom level->miscellanious->enable meta refresh" google search is not returning blank page anymore.

Chandan . 2009-02-23 08:43:58

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