Google IP Geolocation

Mon Mar 29 19:17:52 UTC 2021

it feels like google implemented some sort of new system recently; we have seen 4, 5 providers complaining their IPs being redirect to google Hong Kong just over the last few days.

two of our /23s also have the same symptoms; all clients being redirected to google Hong Kong, plus the permanently-enabled safe search. youtube premium also doesn't work. access request to the isp portal also goes nowhere.

> On Mar 29, 2021, at 2:55 PM, Michael K. Spears <michael at spears.io> wrote:
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> Yep, that's what I finally got. This is a pretty major issue for me and also shows a massive failing on Google..
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> I'm a VPS hosting provider, and despite no change in geolocation from any other vendor, no changes in the whois on either my ASN or my IP subnets, google is now redirecting to Google Hong Kong (likely due to Asian clients using VPNs from their phones).. This is incredibly annoying and clients shouldn't be able to change geolocation on an entire /24 that easily.
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> From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:52:48 PM
> To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michael K. Spears <michael at spears.io>; nanog at nanog.org <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Google IP Geolocation
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> https://isp.google.com <https://isp.google.com/>
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> I signed up for an account there and they said:
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> "Currently, the Google ISP portal is designed for our partners of GGC, PNI or IX programs.
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> The access to portal is granted on request only to our partners." 
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> Josh Luthman
> 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 2:08 PM Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com <mailto:morrowc.lists at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:59 PM Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote:
> Google ISP specifically told me they didn't want to do deal with geolocation on the ISP portal.
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> unsure who 'google isp' is here, but ... I think if you point at a properly formed geo-location data file it'll get eaten and produce proper results for you.
> you do have to add that in your isp portal:
>    tri-pipe-thingy -> configuration -> IP geolocation
> and /register feed/ button on that page.
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> Josh Luthman
> 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> 
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> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 3:28 PM Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com <mailto:morrowc.lists at gmail.com>> wrote:
> As a note, on the ISP portal there's a place to put a link to your RFC8805 format geolocation feed...
> these are scraped out 'regularly' and help keep things oriented better for folks.
> 
> the ietf noc folk use this method to tell google (and other folk who scrape out our data) where meetings are before the meetings get there:
>   https://noc.ietf.org/geo/google.csv <https://noc.ietf.org/geo/google.csv>
> 
> -chris
> volunteer noc persona
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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 6:43 PM Michael K. Spears <michael at spears.io <mailto:michael at spears.io>> wrote:
> Awesome, I think I’ve figured out the Google ISP portal signup, but it definitely seems semi-complicated in a way, notably finding the link…
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> Thank you,
> 
> Michael K. Spears
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> 727.656.3347
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> From: Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net <mailto:nanog at ics-il.net>> 
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 6:30 PM
> To: Michael K. Spears <michael at spears.io <mailto:michael at spears.io>>
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org <mailto:nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Google IP Geolocation
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> We're working on a video to show people how to sign up for the ISP portal and get to that part of the portal once signed up. We'll drop a link to it near the Google section of our geolocation page.
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
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> Midwest-IX
> http://www.midwest-ix.com <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
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> From: "Michael K. Spears" <michael at spears.io <mailto:michael at spears.io>>
> To: nanog at nanog.org <mailto:nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 5:10:23 PM
> Subject: Google IP Geolocation
> 
> Anyone have a good contact at Google who can help with IP geolocation? I have a /24 where anything related to Google is in the wrong language.
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> Thank you,
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> Michael K. Spears
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