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Google Now Shows Your IP Address via Query
Thousands upon thousands of people would go to Google and type in “what is my IP” only to immediately click the first link to find out. Now Google offers the answer right along with your query results.
Visit Google and enter a search query like “what is my ip”, “my ip”, or “ip address”, and Google displays your public IP address right below your search query–as seen in the screenshot above. It’s a handy way to find your IP address that saves you that extra click through to a third-party site (we’re sure the folks behind WhatIsMyIPAddress, the first search result, are less than thrilled by the change).
Hit up the link below to test it out and find your public IP address.
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- Published 10/19/11
just tried that. i used “ip ” . don’t forget the space after IP , and it works. google just keeps getting better and better.
@Meena The space after isn’t nessesarry, at least for me. Too bad it’s only in english so far :/
@Nicklas, You have to use the space for the instant search, you don’t have to use space if you hit enter or the search button.
Tthose poor suckers at WhatIsMyIPAddress. I feel ya
Only works with google.com (or if you change your search options to english) …
Just add “&hl=en” to the url. Like this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ip&hl=en
It will work from anywhere around the world.
DuckDuckGo, which I use, has had this for quite some time. Nice to see Google’s catching up!
Google did that, not just as a convenience, but also to help protect the public from phony web sites that install viruses on the visitors’ computers.
Many thanks to Goggle for fighting the battle against internet parasites.
Questions (which show my computer ignorance): It says “public ip,” why public? Are there
other IPs for my PC? Does my IP change periodically? What’s a reliable source for me to
read up on this?
Gerald, if you click on the “learn more” link next to your public up Google explains what it means
Gerald, if you click on the “learn more” link next to your public ip Google explains what it means
Glen, thanks. I also look up computer words and phrases on Wikipedia, but I never
know how accurate that site is.
Google is great,,,,, Gets better everyday
> [Those] poor suckers at WhatIsMyIPAddress. I feel ya
Exactly what I was thinking @cee. This is a great feature, but Google destroys a lot of web business all the time which is quite sad. It seems you either work for Google, get bought by Google or are run out of business by Google.
However it’s fair enough really, they just want to make their search more convenient and I’m all for that and I do love just about everything Google does, this is unfortunately a side effect of a company that does lots of things very well.
Can the IP address be changed and if so would that help eliminate unwanted junk mail?
I still say whatismyip.com FTW.
this is just google’s one way of invading the consumer. these tools were around for years. it is just you have to know which tools to use.