Comment: Google sneezes, and the Internet will catch a cold.

Google's Global Access failure has come to an end. It was found that Google mistakenly transferred some of its traffic to Asia, leading to blocking. Although the dust has settled, however, from this incident, we can find out the impact of Google on the global Internet. The traffic statistics of arbor networks analyze the traffic data of 10 different ISPs during the fault period, the following traffic diagram clearly illustrates the problem.

The chart of merchantcircle, which has 0.75 million of commercial website customers, clearly shows how the Internet traffic rapidly declines during a Google access failure.

Although these two statistical charts are only partial statistics, we can still see the huge impact of Google on the Internet. You must know that Google is only a search engine, not an ISP, when people cannot use search engines normally, Internet traffic is in a low point. Google's explanation of the fault is that one of their systems mistakenly directs some traffic to the Asian region, and about 14% of Google users are affected.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/14/when-google-fails-the-internet-fails/
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