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How do I see Google Taiwan the way a visitor in Taiwan does?
To see Google Taiwan (google.com.tw) results as a searcher in Taiwan sees them, send the search through a Taiwanese residential IP, signed out, with hl=zh-TW&gl=tw in the URL. Results favour Traditional Chinese pages and Taiwanese businesses, and they differ from Hong Kong results for the same Chinese query. JapanProxies sells Taiwanese residential IPs with country code tw, paid in crypto, no KYC. As of October 2026, 1 GB costs $2.62 and plans from 100 GB cost $0.50/GB; IPs are chosen by country, with optional city targeting (city availability varies).
Google Taiwan at a glance
| Site | google.com.tw |
|---|---|
| Run by | Google LLC |
| Type | Search engine |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Proxy username | USERNAME-country-tw (add -session-ID-ttl-30 to keep one IP) |
| Targeting | Country, with optional city (-city-NAME); city availability varies |
| JapanProxies price | $2.62 for 1 GB, $6.60 for 10 GB, traffic never expires |
What is Google Taiwan?
Google serves Taiwan on google.com.tw, in Traditional Chinese by default. Taiwanese searchers write in Traditional Chinese, as in Hong Kong, but vocabulary, businesses and news sources differ, so Taiwanese and Hong Kong results for the same characters are not the same.
For a brand entering Taiwan, Google is usually the first search engine to track, next to marketplaces such as PChome 24h and momo.
What changes when you open Google Taiwan from a Taiwanese IP?
- Which pages rank. Rankings for searchers located in Taiwan.
- Ads. Google Ads campaigns targeted at Taiwan, with their text and landing pages.
- Local results. Businesses near the area Google infers from the IP.
- Language and currency. Traditional Chinese interface and prices in New Taiwan dollars.
What does a Taiwanese IP not change on Google Taiwan?
- Your account history. Stay signed out and use a clean browser profile.
- The exact area. City targeting (
-city-taipei) gets an IP in that city when one is online, and city availability varies; the site may still infer a nearby area from other signals. - Saved settings. Start each check in a fresh session.
What can you legitimately check on Google Taiwan?
- Track your Traditional Chinese pages for Taiwanese searchers.
- Check your Google Ads in Taiwan: text, extensions, landing page.
- Test that your
zh-TWpages, and not yourzh-HKones, rank in Taiwan. - Review your brand's knowledge panel and reviews as seen from Taiwan.
More examples in our guide to local search result checks.
What do Google Taiwan's rules say about automated access?
Google's terms of service do not allow automated access that ignores the machine-readable instructions on its pages, and the robots.txt of google.com.tw disallows /search for all robots. Keep proxy checks manual and occasional.
For your own site, Google Search Console reports clicks, impressions and positions by country, Taiwan included. For ads, the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool in Google Ads previews ads for a chosen location. Use a Taiwanese residential IP to see the full page as a searcher in Taiwan does.
Our own acceptable use policy applies too: public pages only, no sign-in on someone else's behalf, and respect for each site's decisions about access.
Which proxy settings should I use for Google Taiwan?
- Username:
USERNAME-country-tw-session-check1-ttl-30. - In the browser, open:
https://www.google.com.tw/search?q=YOUR+QUERY&hl=zh-TW&gl=tw. - Browser language:
Accept-Language: zh-TW,zh;q=0.9. - Keep checks manual and occasional.
Connect to gw.japanproxies.com on port 7777 (HTTP and HTTPS) or 7778 (SOCKS5), with the username and password from your dashboard. Without a session ID, each new connection can leave from a different Taiwanese IP.
# 1. Confirm the exit is in Taiwan (the response shows the IP and its country)
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-tw-session-check1-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json
# 2. Open the page by hand in a browser set to the same proxy and session
# (Firefox steps in /guides/setup/): keep this check manual.How much does a Taiwanese residential IP cost?
The same plans cover Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with no country surcharge. Occasional checks of Google Taiwan rarely need more than 5 GB; a page usually weighs a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes with images. Larger plans, down to $0.50/GB, are on the pricing page.
Light
5 GB
$4.95
$0.99/GB
- Occasional rank and ad checks
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Standard
10 GB
$6.60
$0.66/GB
- Weekly checks for one market
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
In every plan: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong · Rotating and sticky sessions · HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 · Traffic never expires
Google Taiwan: common questions
Are Google results in Taiwan the same as in Hong Kong?
No. Both use Traditional Chinese, but Google favours local pages, businesses and news sources for each place, and vocabulary differs. The same Chinese query often returns different pages in Taiwan and in Hong Kong.
Which hreflang should Taiwanese pages use?
zh-TW (or zh-Hant-TW) for pages written for Taiwan. A Taiwanese residential IP lets you check that Google shows those pages, and not your Hong Kong or other Chinese versions, to searchers in Taiwan.
Can I target Taipei or Kaohsiung?
JapanProxies offers city targeting on every plan: add -city-taipei or -city-kaohsiung after -country-tw in the username. City availability varies, and Google Taiwan may also use other signals to place a visit, so treat the result as that city's general view. For ads in one city, the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool in Google Ads lets you choose a precise location.
More local site checks in Taiwan
Taiwan
Sources (3)
- Google Terms of Service — Google (checked 2026-10-13)
- Performance report (Search results) — Google Search Console Help (checked 2026-10-13)
- www.google.com.tw/robots.txt — www.google.com.tw (checked 2026-10-13)
See Google Taiwan as a visitor in Taiwan does
Taiwanese residential IPs, paid in crypto, no KYC. Traffic never expires.