Google is dead
May 14, 2009 8:11 AM Subscribe
Is it just me, or is Google broken?
Nothing in the google domain works for me -- gmail, google.com, even sites that link to jquery libraries on google code.
Nothing in the google domain works for me -- gmail, google.com, even sites that link to jquery libraries on google code.
Yeah, if you search for gmail or google on Twitter, you'll see lots of people having trouble.
posted by bluefly at 8:13 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by bluefly at 8:13 AM on May 14, 2009
It's down for me right now. I was going to snark and send you to Downforeveryoneorjustme.com but that's not responding for me right now.
posted by a robot made out of meat at 8:13 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by a robot made out of meat at 8:13 AM on May 14, 2009
Down for me too.
posted by octothorpe at 8:16 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by octothorpe at 8:16 AM on May 14, 2009
working fine for me right now - was able to access a google calendar, a blogger account, did a search, etc....
posted by jammy at 8:17 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by jammy at 8:17 AM on May 14, 2009
I'm also having problems with it right now. It's taking forever to load pages.
posted by lrkuperman at 8:17 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by lrkuperman at 8:17 AM on May 14, 2009
I just checked by googling some random gibberish. It's working for me in NJ, but more importantly, I learned that nicsdn has about 144 results!
posted by knowles at 8:21 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by knowles at 8:21 AM on May 14, 2009
Didn't work a bit, then worked, then was sloooow, now works again.
posted by GilloD at 8:21 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by GilloD at 8:21 AM on May 14, 2009
Not really acting great for me in VT but my cell phone claims I'm out of range of everything as well. Possibly alien invasion?
posted by jessamyn at 8:26 AM on May 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn at 8:26 AM on May 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
Working fine for me.
posted by exhilaration at 8:27 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by exhilaration at 8:27 AM on May 14, 2009
Borked for me, too. I need some Google images ASAP, and no luck this morning. Grrrr.
Amazing how much things go haywire in the world of technologu when Google's out for a little while...
posted by jmd82 at 8:28 AM on May 14, 2009
Amazing how much things go haywire in the world of technologu when Google's out for a little while...
posted by jmd82 at 8:28 AM on May 14, 2009
I can search fine, but can't load Google News, and gmail is reaaaally slow. Go figure. I'm in the Boston area.
posted by Cygnet at 8:30 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by Cygnet at 8:30 AM on May 14, 2009
can't load Google News
Been having this problem all morning in the Toronto area.
posted by Adam_S at 8:32 AM on May 14, 2009
Been having this problem all morning in the Toronto area.
posted by Adam_S at 8:32 AM on May 14, 2009
Working beautifully here in Santa Monica, CA.
posted by chez shoes at 8:34 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by chez shoes at 8:34 AM on May 14, 2009
Fine for me in NYC. But the Google servers are only about 15 blocks from here.
posted by kimdog at 8:35 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by kimdog at 8:35 AM on May 14, 2009
Response by poster: I'm 40 miles from NYC and it doesn't work.
Alien invasion was my first thought too. All are welcome to camp out in my basement until this blows over.
posted by swift at 8:40 AM on May 14, 2009
Alien invasion was my first thought too. All are welcome to camp out in my basement until this blows over.
posted by swift at 8:40 AM on May 14, 2009
Virtually nonexistent here in Chattanooga, TN. And on my lunch break, too, dang it.
posted by cloudsandstars at 8:40 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by cloudsandstars at 8:40 AM on May 14, 2009
Possibly alien invasion?
Fake Rapture!
Actually Google Apps Status page shows a service disruption right now for Gmail. Here's the full text if you're not able to load the status page:
We're aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a small subset of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail. We will provide an update by May 14, 2009 10:23:00 AM UTC-5 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.
*This may also be affecting other services
posted by burnmp3s at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
Fake Rapture!
Actually Google Apps Status page shows a service disruption right now for Gmail. Here's the full text if you're not able to load the status page:
We're aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a small subset of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail. We will provide an update by May 14, 2009 10:23:00 AM UTC-5 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.
*This may also be affecting other services
posted by burnmp3s at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
Gmail's fine but the rest of Google seems broken, including half my Google bookmarks. It wouldn't even open Facebook!
I'm in NYC.
posted by peanut_mcgillicuty at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
I'm in NYC.
posted by peanut_mcgillicuty at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
Here in Atlanta, no for me but yes for a friend a mile away - I called her to look something up.
posted by pointystick at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by pointystick at 8:41 AM on May 14, 2009
Everything is tickety-boo here in Bloomington, IN, at least Google-wise.
posted by Johnny Assay at 8:44 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by Johnny Assay at 8:44 AM on May 14, 2009
Fine for me in the City of Chicago. Can't speak for suburbia.
posted by jeanmari at 8:44 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by jeanmari at 8:44 AM on May 14, 2009
We're getting reports (Google Apps customer), but only for certain networks. Probably a specific data center somewhere that's having issues.
posted by idb at 8:45 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by idb at 8:45 AM on May 14, 2009
Not working in Asheville and it's driving me nuts.
posted by mygothlaundry at 8:46 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by mygothlaundry at 8:46 AM on May 14, 2009
I was wondering this myself. Not working for me.
posted by xiaolongbao at 8:46 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by xiaolongbao at 8:46 AM on May 14, 2009
it works for me now, but every morning last week i had a problem with EVERYTHING google-related. i couldn't even search metafilter archives to try to find the Down For Everyone website.
posted by alice ayres at 8:52 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by alice ayres at 8:52 AM on May 14, 2009
Fine for me (Greenwich Village, NYC).
posted by unknowncommand at 8:56 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by unknowncommand at 8:56 AM on May 14, 2009
Not just Google. I'm getting delays on a bunch of sites, waiting for adclick or something.
posted by Gungho at 8:58 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by Gungho at 8:58 AM on May 14, 2009
not working in cologne, germany
posted by freddymetz at 9:01 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by freddymetz at 9:01 AM on May 14, 2009
The Internet Traffic Report shows that there's a problem in NYC.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:02 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:02 AM on May 14, 2009
Broken in Tampa.
posted by lordrunningclam at 9:03 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by lordrunningclam at 9:03 AM on May 14, 2009
Not working in Brooklyn, though downforeveryone says it's up.
posted by thejoshu at 9:05 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by thejoshu at 9:05 AM on May 14, 2009
Uh, except now it's back (after 15+ minutes on multiple machines).
posted by thejoshu at 9:06 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by thejoshu at 9:06 AM on May 14, 2009
Google has a dashboard for such outages (of course, if google.com is having problems, I'm not sure how you'd get to it.)
Dashboard here. There are a couple of problems today. Google (obviously) is very proactive about such things, so by the time you read this, google will probably be working again (and likely you should indicate when it does, else this thread will be a trainwreck of "Me too!!!!!!!!" and "Working here!!!"
posted by filmgeek at 9:17 AM on May 14, 2009
Dashboard here. There are a couple of problems today. Google (obviously) is very proactive about such things, so by the time you read this, google will probably be working again (and likely you should indicate when it does, else this thread will be a trainwreck of "Me too!!!!!!!!" and "Working here!!!"
posted by filmgeek at 9:17 AM on May 14, 2009
Working in Whitehouse Station, NJ.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:21 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:21 AM on May 14, 2009
Has worked fine all morning here in Louisville, KY.
I did see several comments on Twitter around 0600 ET about Google being down or slow.
posted by magstheaxe at 10:03 AM on May 14, 2009
I did see several comments on Twitter around 0600 ET about Google being down or slow.
posted by magstheaxe at 10:03 AM on May 14, 2009
Busted in DC.
Interestingly, didn't have any problems all morning in DC. The internet is weird. Stupid tubes.
posted by inigo2 at 10:05 AM on May 14, 2009
Interestingly, didn't have any problems all morning in DC. The internet is weird. Stupid tubes.
posted by inigo2 at 10:05 AM on May 14, 2009
OK in NYC all day.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:43 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:43 AM on May 14, 2009
I want to second burnmp3s link suggestion: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com is a pretty good resource overall for general downed website queries.
posted by carpyful at 11:06 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by carpyful at 11:06 AM on May 14, 2009
I've been experiencing some crazy shit over the past 24 hours in the AdWords system, fwiw.
posted by spilon at 11:16 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by spilon at 11:16 AM on May 14, 2009
Been getting really delayed SMS notifications for filters in Gmail. Gmail Chat craps out on me all the time, so nothing new there.
posted by skypieces at 12:20 PM on May 14, 2009
posted by skypieces at 12:20 PM on May 14, 2009
And I want to second Bluefly's suggestion of Twitter Search. I'm not a Twitter user, but their search function is a great "real-time search engine."
posted by Ian A.T. at 12:23 PM on May 14, 2009
posted by Ian A.T. at 12:23 PM on May 14, 2009
Working for me in NW Ontario, though I did see sketchiness last night.
Swift: I'll be there if you have beer.
posted by liquado at 12:53 PM on May 14, 2009
Swift: I'll be there if you have beer.
posted by liquado at 12:53 PM on May 14, 2009
Don't worry, it wasn't a massive DDoS attack, it was a system error that caused [google] to direct some of our web traffic through Asia, which created a traffic jam. As a result, about 14% of our users experienced slow services or even interruptions.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:40 PM on May 14, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 2:40 PM on May 14, 2009
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