WhoIs Shenanigans
By entering a search phrase like [whois google.com] you can quickly see when the domains WHOIS record was created and when the domain will expire above the search results. Google implies its getting this information from the Domain Tools website, which is linked to from the OneBox result title too. However, it seems the data being displayed is not coming live from the WHOIS record, so Google must be caching the information somewhere.
Sources:
- blogoscoped.com
- journals.aol.com
- googlesystem.blogspot.com
- www.goorank.com
- blogs.msdn.com
- planet-websecurity.org
Tags: domain tools, google, search phrase, whois google.com