Friday, August 16, 2013

Google went down today. The Internet went bananas.




We wouldn’t normally write about a mere few minutes in down time, but when it’s Google, it’s notable.


Google.com, Google’s search product (you may have heard of it?) went down for no more than 5 minutes at 3:50pm PT according to Search Engine Land. Not since 2009 has Google Search experienced any downtime.


What’s more, it appears a number of other Google services, namely Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar experienced a few minutes of down time.


It’s not trending just on Twitter yet but a look at Hacker News, and the graph below via Twitter analytics and search tool Topsy, will tell you it definitely happened.


BR01mc2CcAA1JPk.png large 730x487 Google went down today. The Internet went bananas.


We’ve reached out to Google to try and learn a little more about what everyone, myself included, thought it was impossible.


Can you say “Bing it?”


More to follow







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