Interesting disclosure, though I'm not sure I'd characterize that as "spying". I think Google has a right to investigate possible cases of abuse, as well as a right to do that without initially tipping off the webmaster.
Sorry, I don't understand. So Google has some IP addresses no one is meant to know to visit sites and make sure ads are not breaking TOS? Why am I meant to be outraged?
I wouldn't really call this spying, it's pretty necessary for Google to do some human verification of the content they are selling advertising amongst.
I'd be more surprised to find out that they weren't reviewing content, really.
Likely pointless. I'd imagine Google has a stable of IPs from all over the world, including ones from residential ISPs that can't be tracked back to Google, precisely to help them combat ad fraud.
Great they published it - would love to see more people disclose log entries, maybe into a central clearing house, so everyone can learn who really hides behind what IPs!
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 29.2 ms ] threadI'd be more surprised to find out that they weren't reviewing content, really.