One of the cool things about having been acquired by Neustar is that we get to work with a bunch of other great companies, such as Webmetrics, Quova, and UltraDNS. And sometimes those companies do something that we think is so cool that we want to share it with the BrowserMob community.
Last week was one of those days: UltraDNS launched UltraTools.com, a free site that contains over 100 DNS-related tools and tests designed to make it easier to manage your DNS services.
Like many in the industry, we were surprised and intrigued by the announcement yesterday that Google would be entering the DNS business. The basic logic was clear: Google has a vested interest in the internet being fast, and so they want to offer a free public utility to help it be faster.
Of course, some were doubtful. OpenDNS, probably the company that has the most to lose by this decision, responded quickly. Some questioned its security, while others pointed out that Google gains a lot more than you might think by serving DNS: it would now know everywhere you were going, regardless of whether you went through Google Search or whether the site had Google Analytics installed.
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