India, April 16 -- Google will eventually be redirecting country-specific domain names to its primary domain, google.com, over the coming months, due to an improvement in the search engine's ability to provide a "local experience."

"Historically, as a part of our process to provide localized results, we've used country code top-level domain names (ccTLD), such as google.ng for Nigeria or google.com.br for Brazil," Google wrote in a blog post on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

However, "over the years, our ability to provide a local experience has improved," the company wrote, adding that it is no longer necessary to have country-level domains since Google has been providing localized results since 2017.

Google also said that the change will b...