Until recently, I used to be able to use different custom search engines on my browser to get Youtube results specific to a certain region. To search for results adapted for Americans, I used:
http://www.youtube.com/results?gl=US&hl=en&search_query=sopa
And to search for results adapted for Brazilians, I used:
http://www.youtube.com/results?gl=pt-BR&hl=pt-BR&search_query=sopa
However, now Youtube is giving me results based on my account/browser settings (or IP) no matter what URL parameter I use. Instead of changing the interface (and results) automatically, it just shows a box with the text "View YouTube in [language in the URL parameter]".
Clicking on this would give me the results I want, but would also change my account language settings, and I would need to change them back again when I use the Brazilian search.
Is there any way to get the old functionality of changing the Youtube region/language with only URL parameters?
Best Answer
Since I didn't find a way to do that on Youtube anymore, I've created these new generic Google video searches to get localized results: