Google's site failed to spread to global users

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of May 15, according to foreign media reports, many users found in Thursday Google Web site is very slow or inaccessible. Other reports pointed out that YouTube, Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google files, AdSense and bloggers and other Google sites have also appeared problems.

By searching through Twitter for the "#googlefail" keyword, the problem is global, but it is not clear what the universality of these problems is. Google has not commented on the matter, but confirmed that Google News did have a failure earlier, lasting about 3.5 hours.

For many people, Google is at the center of its online life, and the failure of Google's site has made it more clear how far they have become a centre of life. And it's not just a matter of looking at Google's main business.

Tadiera, a Twitter user, said: "Without Google, the internet is dead." I cannot log on to my bank site because it is waiting for google-analytics.com to recover. It's like I suddenly become a cripple. ”

As of Pacific Time Thursday 9:30 (Beijing time Friday 1:30), many users say Google services are back to normal, at least in some parts of the eastern coast of the United States. Google has yet to comment on the issue, but confirmed that there had been a failure of Gmail, said "Google's Gmail service problems, the impact on a small number of users."

As of Pacific Time Thursday 9:40 (Beijing time Friday 1:40), Google issued a statement saying: "We already know that some users in the use of some of the services of Google encountered difficulties." We are looking into this issue and will soon be announcing the latest developments. "Google also said:" Google's Gmail problem should have been resolved, we apologize for the inconvenience caused, and the user's patience and as always support to express our gratitude. ”

At the same time, failure reports have sprung up all over the world. In the United States, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Florida, New York, Washington, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Jersey, North Carolina and Texas have reported a failure of Google services. In addition, the UK, Domincan Rep. and Malaysia have also emerged from the failure report.

As of Pacific Time Thursday 9:50 (Beijing time Friday 1:50), ZDNet editor Larry Dicknen (Larry Dignan) noted that the "packet loss rate" (just Packet) data from Loss Ping has supported other related reports