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8.8.8.8

26 October 2026 · permalink

Google Public DNS. The literal is anycast: the same address is announced from Google locations worldwide, so a query is answered by whichever one the network routes to first. Launched in 2009, it was one of the first big public resolvers and is still the one people memorise.

Source: Google Public DNS — Get Started (developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using)

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The entry also appears as the card on the home page when it is current. Look the address up: 8.8.8.8. Browse the registry side of the same data in IPv4 blocks by country, or play IPv4 Land Grab and Higher or Lower with it.

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