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Can Google see Whois information if it's private?
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Techpreneur
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If Google can see that information, how would you call it private?
No one except the registrar can view such information.
Even if it's possible, Google will not hire employees to check each and every suspected website's information. You needn't worry, no matter if it's possible or not; it will not affect your website rank in any way.
terrycody
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I think Google is an registrar now isn't it? I maybe wrong though. I think it knows the domain owner's information, just maybe not yet used this to determine something.
noellarkin
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Even if they could I doubt if this would be the main reason why they'd decide to shut down a private blog network. You can always use fake WhoIs when registering - - as long as the Email ID is one you have access to, it's fine.
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Unless you use their registrar service, they can't.
laur.laurix
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Long live GDPR.....G can suck on this nuts.
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There are over a billion sites on the internet. I dont think they try to find PBNs by using Whois information.
There must be other indications like IPs, GSC etc to find out PBNs
There must be other indications like IPs, GSC etc to find out PBNs
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What is a private registration?
You trust a registrar to register your domain name under their name. So when a whois query comes in, it shows the registrar's private registration info. So technically you do not own a private domain.
Google doesn't use regular whois to query domains. They have a back-end system that queries domain data in bulk.
The back-end systems can be standard or proprietary.
When they do a standard query, then Google cannot see your data. They would see the same we do.
But for proprietary B2B deals, maybe they can. We don't know. As some mentioned there's GDPR and similar laws, but I'm not familiar with how domain data sharing actually happens for large registrars.
For example, financial institutions have back-channels to customer data. Some banks know you before you open an account there.
You trust a registrar to register your domain name under their name. So when a whois query comes in, it shows the registrar's private registration info. So technically you do not own a private domain.
Google doesn't use regular whois to query domains. They have a back-end system that queries domain data in bulk.
The back-end systems can be standard or proprietary.
When they do a standard query, then Google cannot see your data. They would see the same we do.
But for proprietary B2B deals, maybe they can. We don't know. As some mentioned there's GDPR and similar laws, but I'm not familiar with how domain data sharing actually happens for large registrars.
For example, financial institutions have back-channels to customer data. Some banks know you before you open an account there.
MrAllright
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- Apr 23, 2023
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They can See Hardware id and Lot more
N1ckG2
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YES.
Confirmed.