Problem with Google

laserbeam

I have just started getting a strange problem which is when I select a web site on Google and  am searching on it the PC suddenly goes back to the Google screen this has been happening a quite a lot lately any advice appreciated.I am using Window's 7

JJ_Egan

Have you updated your web browser .

Jenni_D

Which web browser are you using?

I've seen something like this before (with Internet Explorer I think) - usually it's been because the website you were at (e.g. Google) hadn't finished loading; when you went to search for something the website finished loading and showed its page rather than the search results. Check whether the icon still indicates that the page is loading before you try searching - if it does then click the X (probably - NOT the X at the top-right of the browser!) to stop it loading, or wait until it finishes.

laserbeam

My browser is up to date the following is what I have       Version 88.0.4324.96   If that helps

Jenni_D

Which browser? (There are many of them). Going by version number I'll assume Google Chrome.

laserbeam

Yes  it is  Google Chrome

CoastingHatbox

Press 'F12' to open the developer tools. Click on the network tab. Then do a Google search and click on one of the results. Take a screen shot of the developer tools and post it. It might show what is actually happening.

Do you see the problem if you try an alternative search engine? For example, https://duckduckgo.com?

laserbeam

CoastingHatbox said:

Press 'F12' to open the developer tools. Click on the network tab. Then do a Google search and click on one of the results. Take a screen shot of the developer tools and post it. It might show what is actually happening.

Do you see the problem if you try an alternative search engine? For example, https://duckduckgo.com?

Thanks for that I pressed the F12 key but not sure of what I am looking at

CoastingHatbox

F12 opens the the developer tools.
Along the top of the pane, are a series of headings for different tabs. If you can find and click on the network tab and reload google.com / make your search, the pane will show all of the web requests made and what the response was.

Again I'll ask, do you see the problem if you try an alternative search engine? For example, https://duckduckgo.com?