Likely not a "Do No Evil" issue, but apparently Google has some problems with DNS. If for some reason you use the Google DNS servers, you may want to just use your ISP's DNS.
http://joemaller.com/2577/itunes-slowdowns-with-google-dns/
-- Owen
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