# Where did that come from?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649 "2025-01-30T23:44:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cerridwyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649/1 "2025-01-30T23:44:43Z")

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[Gstatic.com](http://Gstatic.com)

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649/2 "2025-01-30T23:55:04Z")

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It came from Google.

> **[Geonode - Proxies for E-commerce and Tech](https://geonode.com/blog/how-to-scrape-gstatic)**
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> Ethical Data Collection for the Modern Web. Scalable proxies and APIs for any target, with expert support every step of the way.

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> Understanding Gstatic.com
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> A domain owned by Google, [Gstatic.com](http://Gstatic.com) plays a pivotal role in the digital ecosystem. It functions as a content delivery network specifically designed to aid in the faster loading of Google’s content from their servers located globally.

What I’d like to know is “why is this being asked in Cafe Society?”

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649/3 "2025-01-31T00:16:15Z")

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649/4 "2025-01-31T00:17:23Z")

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Please don’t post barelink posts.  
Please don’t use nondescript titles.

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