Google has gotten into the DNS race by introducing two new DNS servers for public use. Their IP addresses are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, and they have been online since December 3, 2009 according to the Official Google Blog. According to Google, they also will not be redirecting mis-typed domains like OpenDNS does to try and drive site traffic to themselves. They will respond with the normal “name cannot be resolved” error.
For more information about this, along with other advantages of using them for your DNS server, you can read from their Introduction to Google Public DNS page.
Disclaimer: ONLY issue we have, is the great power of information. Is it REALLY the best idea to give google yet another avenue to collect our information? Just a quick reminder to check about what Google knows about you and consider this before using the services: What does google know?
UPDATE: Google is not keeping your information. See their privacy policy for more information.
