{"id":5443,"date":"2015-03-15T09:25:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T09:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2018-05-29T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:58:35","slug":"id-google-com-whats-the-purpose-of-this-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/id-google-com-whats-the-purpose-of-this-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"id.google.com – What’s the purpose of this connection?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I’ve been examining a lot network logs. A connection that often appears is to\u00a0id.google.com when visiting the Google search engine. Sometimes you can see the status bar showing “Waiting for id.google.com<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\"id.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the id.google.com screenshot from the network log:<\/p>\n

\"id.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In some cases the request is for a .gif image:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/id.google.com\/verify\/EAAAAJPGOkdVdwuY72Nn4-GBxGU.gif<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is a Web Bug<\/a>, but those are traditionally used by third parties.<\/p>\n

I have not found any reliable information about the purpose of these connections. Do you have some input on why these connections are triggered when searching at Google?<\/p>\n

The id subdomain seems to be available on each of Google’s top domains. Thanks to VirusTotal<\/a> for allowing me to find these:<\/p>\n

id.google.se
\nid.google.com.my
\nid.google.mu
\nid.google.co.in
\nid.google.rs
\nid.google.com.gh
\nid.google.at
\nid.google.com.ua
\nid.google.bj
\nid.google.de
\nid.google.com.pe
\nid.google.fr
\nid.google.com.mt
\nid.l.google.com
\nid.google.com.ng
\nid.google.com.eg
\nid.google.pl
\nid.google.ps
\nid.google.co.uk
\nid.google.iq
\nid.google.com.tj
\nww.google.it
\nid.google.co.ma
\nid.google.com.mm
\nid.google.hu
\nid.google.sn
\nid.google.sc
\nid.google.com.iq
\nid.google.be
\nid.google.com.ph
\nid.google.gr
\nid.google.ga
\nid.google.es
\nid.google.co.cr
\nid.google.co.il
\nid.google.co.kr
\nid.google.co.tz
\nid.google.com.au
\nid.google.com.eg
\nid.google.dz
\nid.google.fi
\nid.google.ad
\nid.google.im
\nid.google.lk
\nid.google.sk
\nid.google.co.za
\nid.google.com.pg
\nid.google.ch
\nid.google.com.gi
\nid.google.com.np
\nid.google.gp
\nid.google.al
\nid.google.co.id
\nid.google.com.pe
\nid.google.com.pr
\nid.google.la
\nid.google.ne
\nid.google.bi
\nid.google.com.bd
\nid.google.com.ng
\nid.google.hr
\nid.google.mu
\nid.google.ro
\nid.google.tn
\nid.google.com.pa
\nid.google.com.pk
\nid.google.mw
\nid.google.sr
\nid.google.co.in
\nid.google.com.hk
\nid.google.nl
\nid.google.st
\nid.google.com.uy
\nid.google.ee
\nid.google.fr
\nid.google.cz
\nid.google.co.mz
\nid.google.az
\nid.google.bg
\nid.google.by
\nid.google.com.cy
\nid.google.com.kw
\nid.google.pt
\nid.google.ba
\nid.google.com.co
\nid.google.com.om
\nid.google.dk
\nid.google.at
\nid.google.com
\nid.google.lu
\nid.google.bj
\nid.google.bs
\nid.google.ca
\nid.google.com.ua
\nid.google.nu
\nid.google.it
\nid.google.je
\nid.google.jo
\nid.google.pl
\nid.google.com.sv
\nid.google.com.vn
\nid.google.kz
\nid.google.me
\nid.google.co.zm
\nid.google.com.br
\nid.google.com.mt
\nid.google.com.my
\nid.google.ie
\nid.google.tt
\nid.google.cg
\nid.google.co.nz
\nid.google.co.th
\nid.google.de
\nid.google.ge
\nid.google.tg
\nid.google.cl
\nid.google.cn
\nid.google.com.bh
\nid.google.com.ec
\nid.google.com.mx
\nid.google.li<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I’ve been examining a lot network logs. A connection that often appears is to\u00a0id.google.com when visiting the Google search engine. Sometimes you can see the status bar showing “Waiting for id.google.com” Here’s the id.google.com screenshot from the network log: In some cases the request is for a .gif image: http:\/\/id.google.com\/verify\/EAAAAJPGOkdVdwuY72Nn4-GBxGU.gif Perhaps it is a … Continue reading id.google.com – What’s the purpose of this connection?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}