Google Outage Reveals Web's Dependence On Site

[HiredGoon]

Anyone else experience this yesterday? I did. It also affected our forum here as Google ads and doubleclick ads tried to load. It took me like 15 minutes just for the login page to load and about that every time I clicked on something for it to load, if it even would load.

Damn Google and Doubleclick ads... it really sucks that a lot of the net can be brought to almost a standstill by something like this. HG

May 14, 2009 1:45 pm US/Eastern

Google Outage Reveals Web's Dependence On Site

By STEPHEN SHANKLAND and TOM KRAZIT, CNET.com
SAN FRANCISCO (CNET) ― Many people found Google's search site was extremely slow or inaccessible Thursday, and other reports pointed to troubles with other properties including YouTube, Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Docs, AdSense, and Blogger.

Judging by a Twitter search for #googlefail, the problem was international in scope, though it wasn't immediately clear how universal the problems were. Google didn't immediately comment for this story, though it did confirm an earlier Google News outage that lasted about three and a half hours.

Google is central to the online lives--and livelihood--of many, and an outage shows exactly how central it's become--and not just through its primary business, search.

"The Internet dies without Google. Can't get to my bank Web site because it's waiting on 'google-analytics.com.' This is made of lame," said Twitter user Tadiera.

Are you having problems? Tell us what's not working and where you live in the comment section below.

Updated 12:30 p.m. EDT: Many readers are reporting that service is returning to normal, at least on some parts of the East Coast. Please continue to let us know if you are experiencing problems, or how long the outage lasted for you if things have settled down.

Google representatives have still not returned calls and e-mails requesting comment on exactly what happened this morning. The company has confirmed, however, that Gmail suffered what it called "a problem with Google Mail affecting a small subset of users." Google said it hoped to update that status by 10 a.m. PDT.

Updated 12:40 p.m. PDT: Google released the following statement: "We're aware some users are having trouble accessing some Google services. We're looking into it, and we'll update everyone soon." Google also sounded the all-clear whistle for Gmail: "The problem with Google Mail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support."

Meanwhile, outages have been reported to us all over the world, including California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Florida, New York, Washington, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, the United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, and Malaysia.

[headcase]

Ahh, so that's what the problem was.... f google

[Legion_Prime]

never even noticed.

[knight0334]

Google? whats that?

[Perkascene]

To Google:
Just jiggle the cord.

[Azzy]

"The Internet dies without Google. Can't get to my bank Web site because it's waiting on 'google-analytics.com.' This is made of lame," said Twitter user Tadiera.

And the English language dies with the internet.

[dc dalton]

Unfortunately Google has become the Microsoft of the 21st century and in many ways they are as bad for the internet as some of MS security problems were for PCs. They have 'tangled' themselves so deeply into the internet it's not funny. The problem is they have spread themselves so thin and branched into so many things they are no longer taking the time to make sure things are right BEFORE they launch them ... that's going to bite them in the butt soon enough.

[HiredGoon]

Google Google Google
(6 letters) (6 letters) (6 letters)

666 = mark of the beast

And we are all getting the Google mark in one way or another.

Google is the devil

[ScaredOnce]

D-FENS,

How much dude porn were you trying to download at once that you broke Google?? Seriously man...




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