Privacy Whois is Public! Prove Inside :)

Do you think privacy whois helps you fool Google? Think again!

I have a domain at NameCheap with WhoisGuard enabled. I wanted to list this domain on Godaddy Action. You know you have to verify ownership. I listed my domain and got an email:

[FONT=arial, sans serif]Dear ...,

Thank you for using Go Daddy Auctions. You recently submitted an auction listing for blah dot com. We were unable to verify your registration of this domain. The WHOIS contact information does not match your Go Daddy account contact information. Since we cannot verify registration, your listing has been rejected[/FONT]

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Then i changed the 'Forwarded to' email at NameCheap to mach the email i use with Godaddy and resubmitted the domain, guess what?

[FONT=arial, sans serif]Dear ...

Congratulations, you successfully submitted .... for listing at Go Daddy Auctions. We wish you great success with your listing! Please note that it may take up to 72 hours for a listing to become active.
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And if Godaddy can see my email protected by WhoisGuard, then Google can see it too.

correlation does not equal causation.

and besides, whoisguard isn't to prevent google from seeing things, it's to prevent spammers.

I have never had a single problem with whoisguard, but then I also never use godaddy. or hostgator.

GoDaddy and Hostgator: The Shanghai of the IM world.

google is regsitrar itself so they can access to complet whois database if they need !!! until now i don't see any correlation even on the same nich but it'll happend in the future !!

iboga said:

google is regsitrar itself so they can access to complet whois database if they need !!! until now i don't see any correlation even on the same nich but it'll happend in the future !!

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Whois database does NOT contain your real info if you used a whois privacy service. Use a linux command to check a whois server and you will see.

Unless there is a secondary DB or an agreement between all registrars - never heard of one existing - it is impossible to find out real info without a court order. Well G is influential so if they want too they might through sheer influence. But that's besides the scope of this discussion.

@OP your explanation is not very coherent or explicit so I actually dont understand your point. To me it looks like a misinterpretation from your side or omission of something you did in the process.

Under ICANN regulations a registrar is required to provide a public whois database as well as keep another database that contains the registrant's contact information. So, the public whois database would show the whois guard information but the registrar still has to have a separate database which shows the info of the person who purchased the domain. This was put into place years ago after the RegisterFly debacle.

My understanding is that google or anyone else can see the public whois data information but the underlying information about the actual registrant is kept on a separate database by the registrar which isn't visible to anyone.