Different sources say that your IP address is a ranking signal used by Google. But how true are these claims? Read on and learn if an IP address can help or harm your rankings in search. Does the IP ...

Google's John Mueller said that when you change your sites IP address, maybe because you are moving to a new server, it would be mostly a "non-issue" for ranking and SEO purposes. But it can have a ...

Google updated their Googlebot and crawler documentation to add a range of IPs for bots triggered by users of Google products. The names of the feeds switched which is important for publishers who are ...

It’s not exactly a VPN, and it will only work with Google-owned domains to start, but it could offer users more ways to hide their activity online. reading time 2 minutes If you’re on the internet ...

But now, Google has also decided to publish a list of IP addresses that Googlebot will use to crawl your site. Google posted two different JSON files with the list of IP addresses Googlebot can use: ...

Google is getting ready to test a new "IP Protection" feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users' privacy by masking their IP addresses using proxy servers. Recognizing the potential misuse of ...

When you use your browser, your IP address is visible to websites, online services, and threat actors who can use that information against you for tracking and other privacy-invading actions. At the ...

Knowing which bot is really Google and which is not can help you decide which rogue bots to block from your site. Google has published the full list of IP addresses it uses for crawling and accessing ...

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