Google Network down?

kiwidesigner · 05-07-2005, 03:53 PM

Umm seems like the entire Google network is down - not sure how long it's been like that. Can't get into anything - adsense of course is also down and showing error messages where ads should be.

Karen

younghistorians · 05-07-2005, 04:01 PM

Yes, I see this as well. Sucks!

bbott · 05-07-2005, 04:04 PM

Yep, both the US and UK... Wonder what's up !!

younghistorians · 05-07-2005, 04:07 PM

this is actually kind of scary

kiwidesigner · 05-07-2005, 04:07 PM

At first I though it was just the adsense that was down, so checked everything and it's all down. Hope it's just a tech glitch and nothing more sinister if you know what I mean.

Karen

kiwidesigner · 05-07-2005, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by younghistorians

this is actually kind of scary

I know LOL. It is isn't it. Man just goes to show how much I personally rely on google... it's like I'm a 3 yeard old lost in a mall trying to find my mother LOL.

Karen

dewie9919 · 05-07-2005, 04:13 PM

It is quite scary. I've got them setup as my homepage and use their services (including gmail, which is also down) constantly. Their DNS servers appear to be completely down. This is huge.

dewie9919 · 05-07-2005, 04:17 PM

Google just started working for me once again. Yay.

FGTH · 05-07-2005, 04:24 PM

Adsense is down where I am... New York area...
7:24 PM EST

pcarlow · 05-07-2005, 04:25 PM

My toolbar isn't showing PR and no adsense.

This must be costing Google $1000.00's every minute that passes.

FGTH · 05-07-2005, 04:29 PM

Perhaps Google is updating their Adsense servers...

kiwidesigner · 05-07-2005, 05:09 PM

Looks like it's slowly coming back on line - adsense is showing on my site, toolbar is now working... hopefully it will all be up and running 'soon'. I'd love to know what the prob was

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Karen

younghistorians · 05-07-2005, 05:17 PM

See this:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000610042620/

FGTH · 05-07-2005, 08:46 PM

I think it had to do with Google's recent release of their Web Accelerator that was released on Wednesday...

Quote:

...A flaw with Web Accelerator, which Google acknowledges, can serve cached copies of private discussion groups or password-protected pages to people using the software.

For example, using the software, a Web surfer might call up a discussion group page and see the name of another group member, making it appear as if the surfer is signed in as that user. Web Accelerator does not cache secure Web sites in the programming language "HTTPS" such as banking or credit card pages, however, so data such as financial transactions are not at stake...

More broadly, privacy advocates are concerned about the scope of data collected with the Web Accelerator, charging that Google's privacy policy does not address some important consumer issues. Critics say the tool's capabilities to monitor a person's travels across the Web feeds into an overarching worry that Google is becoming a massive market research firm capable of collecting oodles of information on millions of people.