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by ksk 4181 days ago
>We include 10 million resolutions per year for each domain you register with Google Domains.

Hmm, what does that mean for an average website?

100 readers * 365 days * ~273 (html+css+js+gif/png/jpg) ?

I guess some browsers cache the DNS requests too..

2 comments

DNS gets cached at multiple levels (browser, OS, router, upstream DNS servers). The higher you set your TTL the longer it'll be cached.
You're correct. I was wondering what we could deduce from that 10m number since Google felt it necessary to mention it on the landing page. It would tell us who they intend to market this to. It is a bit weird to restrict DNS requests like that. Or maybe they don't want people to abuse their service to create URL forwarders or some such. I suppose unlike startups, for a company like Google, anti-abuse mechanisms need to be baked into the design/feature set.
More importantly, what happens when you exceed that limit? I don't see any mention of per-request pricing, so will they just shut off your DNS if you exceed the quota?