Google Results from Where?

[mrguy]

Anybody have any idea what datacenter the main Google is pulling results from. It does not seem to match any of the known 10 or the gv.

Is there a new one we don't know about?

[takagi]

To find out what data center the SERPs are coming from, you can ping Google and look up the IP address in the following list:

www-ex : 216.239.33.* 
www-sj : 216.239.35.* 
www-va : 216.239.37.* 
www-dc : 216.239.39.* 
www-fi : 216.239.41.* 
www-ab : 216.239.51.* 
www-in : 216.239.53.* 
www-zu : 216.239.55.* 
www-cw : 216.239.57.* 
www-gv : 216.239.59.*

On a Windows PC, open an MS-DOS window and type:

ping www.google.com

If you see a new IP address, please inform us.

[AAnnAArchy]

Yep, I've been noticing that for the past couple of days. There's one SERP where I'm on page 4, but when I check all ten data centers, I'm on page 1.

[gstewart]

Sorry...

[takagi]

Maybe geotargetting is working differently if you directly access a data center.

[mil2k]

Yep, I've been noticing that for the past couple of days. There's one SERP where I'm on page 4, but when I check all ten data centers, I'm on page 1.

Same here. It happens occasionally and for small periods of time.

[AAnnAArchy]

Okay, I pinged Google after seeing the page 3 results again. The Google tool showed that all data centers had the same result, but when I pinged for this particular search, it came up with the ex IP. So, is the tool just wrong?

[Gus_R]

The cached link in serps shows directly datancenter's ip your are querying.

[AAnnAArchy]

Hmm, that it does. Learn something new every day. It still doesn't explain why the Google dance tool doesn't show this result.