Is Google Down Right Now?

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The discussion revolves around the accessibility of Google, with participants sharing their experiences and speculations regarding a temporary outage. The scope includes technical troubleshooting, user experiences, and humorous commentary on the situation.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants report being unable to access Google, suggesting clearing cache or refreshing the browser as potential solutions.
  • Others claim they have no issues accessing Google, attributing problems to individual browser issues.
  • One participant mentions having to use a different search engine due to the outage.
  • Another participant notes intermittent loading issues with Google, suggesting it may have been down for brief periods.
  • Speculation arises regarding potential causes for the outage, including DNS server issues and Google's web accelerator.
  • Several participants humorously assert that Google is infallible, attributing access issues to user failure rather than a fault with Google itself.
  • A participant shares a statement from a Google spokesman indicating the problem was related to DNS but not a security issue.
  • There are light-hearted comments about the situation, including references to the "Cult of the Dead Cow" and humorous takes on being "unworthy-to-search."

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of experiences, with some confirming access issues while others deny any problems. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the exact cause of the outage, with multiple competing views on the reliability of Google.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include varying definitions of "down," individual browser performance, and the lack of consensus on the cause of the issues experienced.

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Readers interested in user experiences with web accessibility, technical troubleshooting, or humorous takes on internet outages may find this discussion relevant.

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Google breaks for 5 minutes and everything stops.

Can anyonehere get onto Google? Try refreashing and clearing cache just to make sure... because I can't :confused:


bah, nevermind... delete this thread please.
 
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Hmmm.. no problems here, I can get on google. Perhaps your browser is flubbing up? Occasionally IE does that to me and I have to restart.
 
I just had the same problem, and had to resort to a different search engine.
 
I have Google set as my home page, and it hasn't been loading every time during the last little while. It is working now - I just checked, but it wasn't working earlier. I think it has been going down in time intervals less than 30 seconds.
 
From what I've heard google's dns servers got screwed up. It might be due to dns posioning but I've also heard that it could have been due to google's new web accelerator wrecking havok.
 
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No your all wrong, Google can never fail. Google is all-mighty. You have all simply failed to live up to the standard of Googleness and have been rejected temporarily by our God, Google. :P :P
 
Pengwuino said:
You have all simply failed to live up to the standard of Googleness and have been rejected temporarily by our God, Google. :P :P
I have been feeling a little "unworthy-to-search" lately.
 
zoobyshoe said:
I have been feeling a little "unworthy-to-search" lately.
:smile:

<snort>

It's so good to have you back. :approve:
 
Evo said:
:smile:

<snort>

It's so good to have you back. :approve:
Thanks!

Now let's have an update on your sideways-flying feline over in S&D.
 
  • #10
motai said:
Hmmm.. no problems here, I can get on google. Perhaps your browser is flubbing up? Occasionally IE does that to me and I have to restart.

No, google was down for a few minutes. Had the same problem. As did all the other geeks i know. A bunch of geeks on an IM craze all trying to see if anyone can get to google. It was funny to watch my screen flood with messages.
 
  • #11
Pengwuino said:
No your all wrong, Google can never fail. Google is all-mighty. You have all simply failed to live up to the standard of Googleness and have been rejected temporarily by our God, Google. :P :P

Face it. Googlie IS the web, and the Web WAS in flames for a short time there. Thank god for fire fighters.
 
  • #12
lol firefighters :D
 
  • #13
Pengwuino said:
No your all wrong, Google can never fail. Google is all-mighty. You have all simply failed to live up to the standard of Googleness and have been rejected temporarily by our God, Google. :P :P
Our god, google rejects all other search engines because they are trying to live up to the almighty!

o:)
google-1.jpg
o:)
 
  • #14
franznietzsche said:
No, google was down for a few minutes. Had the same problem. As did all the other geeks i know. A bunch of geeks on an IM craze all trying to see if anyone can get to google. It was funny to watch my screen flood with messages.

:smile: That's just a bit too much. Didn't any of them just think they should maybe just try back in a few minutes? Geez, it was such a nice day out, take a break and go outside for a while until the site comes back up.
 
  • #15
Moonbear said:
:smile: That's just a bit too much. Didn't any of them just think they should maybe just try back in a few minutes? Geez, it was such a nice day out, take a break and go outside for a while until the site comes back up.

We're geeks. Such things are entirely too plebeian. On the upside, i wrote my own firewall today :approve: . Still working on the whole IP masquerade thing though :frown:
 
  • #16
"In a statement, Google spokesman David Krane said the problem was related to DNS - but was apparently down to a problem at Google's end. "It was not a hacking or a security issue," said Krane."

I bet someone got sacked for messing with the DNS.
 
  • #17
I took your advice and googled "Dead" (You did write "Google dead," right?) here is what I got:

Results 1 - 10 of about 75,800,000 for Dead [definition]. (0.06 seconds)

Second result is kind of weird, "Cult of the Dead Cow." :smile:
 
  • #18
Artman said:
Second result is kind of weird, "Cult of the Dead Cow." :smile:
I haven't heard reference to that in ages.
 
  • #19
Artman said:
Second result is kind of weird, "Cult of the Dead Cow." :smile:
I guess you weren't feeling lucky:

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Address:http://www.dead.net/ Changed:3:35 PM on Monday, May 9, 2005
 

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