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Google Crawlers Claim to Come From California—But They Might Not

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Google's crawlers self-declare their origin as Mountain View, California, but may actually be operating from the company's global data centers elsewhere.

SEOFOMO News reports that while Google has long stated its crawlers originate from California, the actual source of those bots may differ from their declared location. The outlet notes that Google operates data centers worldwide, meaning crawlers claiming to come from Mountain View might in fact be running requests from entirely different geographic locations.
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