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Google I/O 2014: How Developers Use Google's Global Network

Google for Developers · Talk · 7 min · 2014 · YouTube title: Putting Google's Network to work for You
Why it's here

HN commenters, including a Googler, cite it as the public explanation of how Google serves traffic, including DNS-based load balancing.

What it covers

A seven-minute Google I/O 2014 talk by Simon Newton on how developers can make use of Google's global network. It describes the network's footprint and some of the services running on it.