Title: Does Google Know Server IP?
Last modified: January 16, 2023

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# Does Google Know Server IP?

 *  Resolved [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/)
 * (@wpbroken2much)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/)
 * When your plugin sends new URLs to Google via their Instant Indexing API does
   it also tell Google the real IP address of the machine?
 * I am asking because I have some sites proxied via Cloudflare and I would prefer
   Google not know the real IP address of the server.

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 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/#post-16380458)
 * Hello [@wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/),
 * Thank you for contacting support.
 * We don’t explicitly collect the IP address to send it over with the request to
   the Indexing API, we only send the URL to the API.
 * Having said that, we don’t know what Google collects from the request and if 
   it’s collecting the IP address where the request originated or not.
 * Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.
 *  Thread Starter [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/)
 * (@wpbroken2much)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/#post-16391195)
 * Do the requests go through your server or do they come directly from mine to 
   Google?
 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/#post-16392521)
 * Hello [@wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/),
 * The requests don’t go through our server. They are submitted directly from your
   site to the API.
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/)
 * (@wpbroken2much)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/#post-16394916)
 * When the plugin sends data to Google what does it send? If Google receives an
   IP will it be the Cloudflare proxy IP or the true server IP?
 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-google-know-server-ip/#post-16402303)
 * Hello [@wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/),
 * As mentioned previously, we only send the URL from our plugin to Google and we
   have no knowledge if Google does collect the IP and what their intentions are
   for it.
 * Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance
   with anything else.

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