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Why is this seemingly official Google blog post on this random non-Google domain?

dekhn 4y ago
I'n not certain but I think it's prelease. The paper says the site should be at https://imagen.research.google/ https://imagen.research.google/ but that host doesn't respond
mmh0000 4y ago
You mean one of Google's domains? # whois appspot.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [Redirected to whois.markmonitor.com] [Querying whois.markmonitor.com] [whois.markmonitor.com] Domain Name: appspot.com Registry Domain ID: 145702338_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com Updated Date: 2022-02-06T09:29:56+0000 Creation Date: 2005-03-10T02:27:55+0000 Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-03-10T00:00:00+0000 Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 292 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750 Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited) Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited) Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited) Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited) Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited) Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited) Registrant Organization: Google LLC Registrant State/Province: CA Registrant Country: US Registrant Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Admin Organization: Google LLC Admin State/Province: CA Admin Country: US Admin Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Tech Organization: Google LLC Tech State/Province: CA Tech Country: US Tech Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Name Server: ns4.google.com Name Server: ns3.google.com Name Server: ns2.google.com Name Server: ns1.google.com
- jefftk 4y ago
  While appspot.com is a Google domain, anyone can register domains under it. It would be similarly surprising to see an official GitHub blog post under someproject.github.io
  - jefftk 4y ago
    Fun fact: appspot.com was the second "private" suffix to be added to the Public Suffix List, after operaunite.com: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593818 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593818
  - ma2rten 4y ago
    You mean like: https://say-can.github.io/ https://say-can.github.io/ This is common in the research PA. People don't want to deal with broccoli man [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6L-FlfeaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6L-FlfeaI
    - jefftk 4y ago
      Looking at that link, I don't think that is a GitHub publication? It is marked Robotics at Google and Everyday Robotics.
      - ma2rten 4y ago
        My bad, it's a google-specific problem.
jonny_eh 4y ago
appspot.com is the domain that hosts all App Engine apps (at least those that don't use a custom domain). It's kind of like Heroku and has been around for at least a decade. https://cloud.google.com/appengine https://cloud.google.com/appengine
- jefftk 4y ago
  Spring 2008: 14 years!
  - jonny_eh 4y ago
    Whoa, I feel super old, I first used it in 2011 when I thought it was new.
mshockwave 4y ago
IIRC appspot.com is used by App Engine, one of the earliest SaaS platforms provided by Google.
aidenn0 4y ago
This is quite suspicious considering that google AI research has an official blog[1], and this is not mentioned at all there. It seems quite possible that this is an elaborate prank. 1: https://ai.googleblog.com/ https://ai.googleblog.com/
jeffbee 4y ago
Not just that ... Google Sheets must be the all-time worst way to distribute 200 short strings.

I'n not certain but I think it's prelease. The paper says the site should be at https://imagen.research.google/ https://imagen.research.google/ but that host doesn't respond

mmh0000 4y ago

You mean one of Google's domains? # whois appspot.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [Redirected to whois.markmonitor.com] [Querying whois.markmonitor.com] [whois.markmonitor.com] Domain Name: appspot.com Registry Domain ID: 145702338_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com Updated Date: 2022-02-06T09:29:56+0000 Creation Date: 2005-03-10T02:27:55+0000 Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-03-10T00:00:00+0000 Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 292 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750 Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited) Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited) Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited) Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited) Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited) Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited) Registrant Organization: Google LLC Registrant State/Province: CA Registrant Country: US Registrant Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Admin Organization: Google LLC Admin State/Province: CA Admin Country: US Admin Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Tech Organization: Google LLC Tech State/Province: CA Tech Country: US Tech Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/appspot.com Name Server: ns4.google.com Name Server: ns3.google.com Name Server: ns2.google.com Name Server: ns1.google.com

jefftk 4y ago
While appspot.com is a Google domain, anyone can register domains under it. It would be similarly surprising to see an official GitHub blog post under someproject.github.io
- jefftk 4y ago
  Fun fact: appspot.com was the second "private" suffix to be added to the Public Suffix List, after operaunite.com: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593818 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593818
- ma2rten 4y ago
  You mean like: https://say-can.github.io/ https://say-can.github.io/ This is common in the research PA. People don't want to deal with broccoli man [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6L-FlfeaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6L-FlfeaI
  - jefftk 4y ago
    Looking at that link, I don't think that is a GitHub publication? It is marked Robotics at Google and Everyday Robotics.
    - ma2rten 4y ago
      My bad, it's a google-specific problem.

jonny_eh 4y ago

appspot.com is the domain that hosts all App Engine apps (at least those that don't use a custom domain). It's kind of like Heroku and has been around for at least a decade. https://cloud.google.com/appengine https://cloud.google.com/appengine

jefftk 4y ago
Spring 2008: 14 years!
- jonny_eh 4y ago
  Whoa, I feel super old, I first used it in 2011 when I thought it was new.

mshockwave 4y ago

IIRC appspot.com is used by App Engine, one of the earliest SaaS platforms provided by Google.

aidenn0 4y ago

This is quite suspicious considering that google AI research has an official blog[1], and this is not mentioned at all there. It seems quite possible that this is an elaborate prank. 1: https://ai.googleblog.com/ https://ai.googleblog.com/

jeffbee 4y ago

Not just that ... Google Sheets must be the all-time worst way to distribute 200 short strings.