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Operating 8.8.8.8 likely gives Google a near-complete list of every active domain on the internet, and new domains show up there the second any 8.8.8.8 user que
by colmmacc 4y ago
Operating 8.8.8.8 likely gives Google a near-complete list of every active domain on the internet, and new domains show up there the second any 8.8.8.8 user queries it - which is likely well before anyone links to it. I have no idea if Google use this data for hints to their crawler and indexer, but if I worked there I sure would.
- nkozyra 4y agoIt would seem very odd to not use this tool which effectively gives a huge competitive advantage over a lot of other engines, although for obvious reasons I doubt they'd shout it from the rooftops.
- krackers 4y agoThis actually makes perfect sense! I've always wondered why they operate this service. There's nothing in the privacy policy that suggests they won't use the aggregated anonymized information for other purposes.
- arp242 4y agoI doubt they actually discover domains that way; for a search engine just knowing a domain exists isn't all that useful. Besides, loads of spam crawlers can find new domains plenty fast enough: create a brand new domain with a blank page and a brand new email address, link it once somewhere, and see how long it takes to get spam because some spam crawler bot found it.