Comments on: Why Google DNS Fits Into “The Plan” http://plzkthxbai.com/blog/2009/12/05/why-google-dns-fits-into-the-plan/ Blogging the web, technology, and more. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:20:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jason Wagner http://plzkthxbai.com/blog/2009/12/05/why-google-dns-fits-into-the-plan/#comment-1794 Jason Wagner Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:57:11 +0000 http://plzkthxbai.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-1794 As a commenter mentioned on another site, the DNS page looks to be the default Google Chrome DNS error page as opposed to a custom page contributed by the new DNS entries. I guess Google's DNS servers are passing the responsibility to the browser on lookup failure rather than redirecting the user to a ad-filed landing page. At least for now. :) As a commenter mentioned on another site, the DNS page looks to be the default Google Chrome DNS error page as opposed to a custom page contributed by the new DNS entries. I guess Google’s DNS servers are passing the responsibility to the browser on lookup failure rather than redirecting the user to a ad-filed landing page. At least for now. :)

]]> By: Dan http://plzkthxbai.com/blog/2009/12/05/why-google-dns-fits-into-the-plan/#comment-1792 Dan Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:44:29 +0000 http://plzkthxbai.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-1792 If I had to guess, I would say that they want the DNS info in order to gain insight into what happens after you find the first acceptable search result. DNS requests that start because someone typed a URL into the address bar are not interesting (and how often do you do that anymore?), and they could already figure out what search hits you followed by forwarding you through a redirect. What may be interesting from the perspective of a company looking to directly answer your questions (as Bing claims to do) is to see whether the last search hit you followed was actually useful or if it look you on a trail of links to some other place that's not even in their first N pages of results. In any case, I would actually trust Google with this "private" data more than my ISP. Google is a clear #1 in its space, but it has reasonable competition, and I would still be able to use the Internet and email happily if I had to stop using their sites - this means they have a vested interest in protecting my rights. My ISP, on the other hand, has a near monopoly on the Triangle area, and if they decide to give all of my search records to the Feds without a fight, my options for going with another provider are not nearly as convenient (in price or effort). If I had to guess, I would say that they want the DNS info in order to gain insight into what happens after you find the first acceptable search result. DNS requests that start because someone typed a URL into the address bar are not interesting (and how often do you do that anymore?), and they could already figure out what search hits you followed by forwarding you through a redirect. What may be interesting from the perspective of a company looking to directly answer your questions (as Bing claims to do) is to see whether the last search hit you followed was actually useful or if it look you on a trail of links to some other place that’s not even in their first N pages of results.

In any case, I would actually trust Google with this “private” data more than my ISP. Google is a clear #1 in its space, but it has reasonable competition, and I would still be able to use the Internet and email happily if I had to stop using their sites – this means they have a vested interest in protecting my rights. My ISP, on the other hand, has a near monopoly on the Triangle area, and if they decide to give all of my search records to the Feds without a fight, my options for going with another provider are not nearly as convenient (in price or effort).

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