(wikileaks) Fwd: [funsec] And Google becomes a DNS..

[simonw at zynet.net (Simon Waters)]

On Sunday 05 December 2010 15:50:32 Gadi Evron wrote:
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> I withhold comment... "discuss amongst yourselves".

Since it is an uncommon but occasional complaint that someones site is indexed 
in Google by IP address not domain name, I assume simply that since wikileaks 
were redirecting to URLs with IP addresses in, Google assumed this is what 
they wanted indexed.

I share their pain, we had disk and a botnet issue with one of our sites, and 
Google's contribution was to drop our ranking (presumably speed penalty 
because it was now slower and less reliably than normal).

Frustrating but Google now reflects the reality of the web experience. They 
are "lucky" not to have a speed penalty, or perhaps they do but they are 
still ranked 1 for the term "wikileaks" even with the relevant penalties.

I dare say in a few iterations Google will spot DDoS attacks, and other forms 
of abuse, and bump up your ranking on the basis you are clearly notable 
enough to attract that sort of attention.