Do you use Whois privacy or not ?

I always use Whois privacy for my websites until i read a WSO where the author says that it is no recommanded to use it.
Here's what he says:
""When you register your domain name make sure to get at least a 2 year registration, 5 is best and do not hide your contact details with the privacy feature. Google is NASA smart and believe me they see everything. It stands to reason that someone who registers a domain for at least 2 years and leaves their contact information available is serious about conducting business and has nothing to hide.""
Is this just Bullshit ?

WSO shit. Use privacy to avoid spam. internetbs.net and some other registrars give full privacy for free.

balsagoth007 said:

I always use Whois privacy for my websites until i read a WSO where the author says that it is no recommanded to use it.
Here's what he says:
""When you register your domain name make sure to get at least a 2 year registration, 5 is best and do not hide your contact details with the privacy feature. Google is NASA smart and believe me they see everything. It stands to reason that someone who registers a domain for at least 2 years and leaves their contact information available is serious about conducting business and has nothing to hide.""
Is this just Bullshit ?

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Not sure if it's BS or not, but it would be a logical thing for Google to strongly consider..

Register for 2-5 years and don't use domain privacy? What kind of moronic advice is that? First, if you register for a long period of time and the domain is a loser then you've lost your money. Register it for a year and if it sucks a$$ you can just not renew it. Second, domain privacy is a must. Spammers will destroy you without it. Some of my early domains did not have it because it used to cost extra, and I get constant spam emails and postal mails hawking SEO products and "domain renewal services" (only $47/year)!

The general consensus is that G can't see behind privacy protection, even though they are a registrar themselves. HOWEVER that doesn't mean that they don't have some back door deals with the big registrars - we have no way of knowing, and G has shown themselves to be into some really nasty big brother shit in other areas.

For autoblogs, I use fake real-looking fake whois info and no privacy protection; privacy protection is possibly a black mark against the trustworthiness of a domain, and with an autoblog you're fighting hard to tick all the right boxes to make it seem like you've got a "quality" site.

For other dodgy shit, I always use fake whois plus privacy protection.

Registering your domain for more than 1 year at a time is actually quite good advice - G took out a patent a while ago where they specified giving a boost to domains that were registered for the long term, meaning it was an indicator of a quality, long term site. It's all about the perception of quality.

Just remember aged sites do have some value. The business about privacy and the number of years is somebody's conjecture. Use privacy if you need it!

Thanks for the replies, i will just use whois privacy like i did every time.

it doesn't matter to google if you use privacy or not ..( at least from my own experience )
All my domains are whois complete privacy and i have 18 sites with PR 1 - PR6