Google Down

first time I see this happened

[AthlonInside]

I have been searching for a few thoudsands time and today is the first time I see a server error message.

Server Error
The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.
Please try again in a minute or so.

Is it because too many people are checking their new site ranking with the new updated index? :)

[Efexx]

spoke to soon, got one search in. Now its down again.

[Jon_King]

Down in Missouri

[tommyleef]

Yahoo, Google, AOL all back up in Southern US now. However they went back after having the updated results all morning long to showing the old results.

[vibgyor79]

Google is gone? This was what I was afraid of - I have to start looking for a job now.

[alxdean]

WOW.
do a search using the toolbar and everything is cool.
search using the search box and google throws back the error message.
So for the time being use your toolbar search!
god knows why.
Google, get better fast!

[Dynamoo]

I just got a successful search result back from google.fr

[korkus2000]

This is going to be a big news story if they don't get back up quickly. I can image that Yahoo is wondering about the switch to ink right about now.

[takagi]

When searching on some news-keyword (i.e. Iraq), the SERP only news showed a few lines with news, followed by an error. Image search is also no problem.

[globay]

Image search at google.com seems to be ok.

site search encountered problems

[skipfactor]

what a dance for my first one, CRAZY S***!

[tbear]

.com back up in spain :)

[Dynamoo]

Well.. Alltheweb haven't penalised my expired domains like Google have so.. look, it's not me, OK? :)

[alxdean]

I stand corrected. looks like at least one of the datacenters is down. that's why sometimes it works and sometimes not due to the load balancing of google across its datacenters.

[korkus2000]

>>Yahoo, Google, AOL all back up in Southern US now

still getting server error in Atlanta

[Markus]

Check the data centers. Right now, www-va, www-ab and www-ex work. www-cw, www-dc and www-in are down. A few minutes ago, all but www-ex timed out or sent a server error.

[SEO practioner]

Google is completely dead here, even PR

I guess the poor bot worked too hard and now it needs a rest.... :-)

[canuck]

Oh the sad life of webmasters... simple things amuse us simple lot.

- canuck

[globay]

toolbar does not show pr either!

[yetanotheruser]

do a search using the toolbar and everything is cool.

I don't buy that.. I can't seem to search with the toolbar? (AFAIK it does the same GET as the form?)

[tbear]

Well, it was, now it's out again......
Guess it's back to the telly for the evening, can't be doing sitting around waiting.

[skipfactor]

back up w/ old results in South US

[JonB]

working now but slow.

[edited by: JonB at 5:44 pm (utc) on Mar. 9, 2003]

[globay]

.com working in spain!

[tommyleef]

You must be kidding me...NOW, adwords work fine and I get this from the results area:

"Your search - war and peace - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.
- Try fewer keywords.
Also, you can try Google Answers for expert help with your search."

You must be kidding me :(

[korkus2000]

>>back up w/ old results in South US

Still getting server error in Atlanta

30 minutes down for me. Toolbar searches and PR not working still.

[edited by: korkus2000 at 5:44 pm (utc) on Mar. 9, 2003]

[Dynamoo]

Nope, got a search result on www2 but it fell over on the main www. www2 had the *new* index.

[olias]

back for me in the uk too :)

[panos]

we cannot see the homepage here in italy
[google.it ]

[Yidaki]

Connecting from from germany google.de & google.com/en return server errors.

May be the WebmasterWorld update pressure was too much ... ;)

[JonB]

wow,

Your search - long - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.
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same ofr "images" then soem other phrases.now server error again.