This tool lets you see search results from Google as they would appear to other users around the world. Note that in September 2006, Google introduced a similar tool, that allows City level searches, with inactive adverts, at http://www.google.com/search?q=+&adtest=on. This has been superceded in turn by https://adwords.google.com/select/AdTargetingPreviewTool.
We use this tool daily - it lets you see the affiliate ID's used in various markets around the world, for example, and to check whether your adverts are running. This is NOT the same as just using "Google.co.jp" and assuming that you will see the adverts that the Japanese would see.
Country is your (apparent) country of origin. Google normally tries to guess this based on your IP address, but you can override this guess using our form.
Language is the language of your search query. Your browser normally sends this information to Google, but you can override this using our form.
Interface is the language used by Google for messages and for PPC adverts. You should normally set this to be the same as Language.
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