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Good guesses in the comments so far: VIN number partial matches and targeted search. Anyone going to test what's correct? Ideas: 1. Vin numbers are 17 charact
by qnleigh 2y ago
Good guesses in the comments so far: VIN number partial matches and targeted search. Anyone going to test what's correct?
Ideas:
1. Vin numbers are 17 characters and don't contain I, O or Q, to prevent confusion with other letters. If you throw in lots of these always spaced by less than 17 characters, do you get fewer hits?
2. Does a VPN and/or private browsing affect the results?
A third possibility is that Google has cheaper ad category for search queries that they can't categorize. This doesn't explain the diversity of dealerships though.
- chuckadams 2y agoMercedes uses 18-digit vins, tho I believe it’s the same format and checksum algorithm for the first 17 digits so it’s really more “17 + 1 digits”. Still drives validators nuts tho.
- joe_the_user 2y agoSure, it's matching VINs. But in the vast expanse of the net, surely there are many strings of random hex out there. Why this source of random digits.
- arresin 2y agoProbably the most authoritive sites with weird strings
- cratermoon 2y ago"most authoritive", for financially preferred values of authority.