Strange Google icons

[hurlimann]

Getting some very stange icons from Google.com but not on Google.co.uk.

Is this some sort of hack going on?

http://www.google.com/images/res1.gif

[electro]

Heh, weird! No problems here ever, freeserve in the uk...

Just one small point, the topic says "English Users Seeing Glitched Google Logos", when in fact it means "UK Users Seeing Glitched Google Logos"... it may seem pedantic, but I know that lots of Scots, Welsh and Northen Irish get rubbed up the wrong way when English is used instead of The United Kingdom (or plain old UK). Please people, only use 'English' when you mean people from England.

Cheers :-)

[PanUK]

It cleared for a while a couple of days ago(Sept 2), but soon came back. :(

[chris_f]

still there.

[GoogleGuy]

Okay, if NTL is your ISP, please feel free to contact NTL if you're still seeing problems with images on Google. :) Again, this is a problem that very few users are seeing. We're talking to the ISP as well, but a couple extra user reports might help them find which caching server has the problem.

[NFFC]

>We're talking to the ISP as well

You got through, to NTL, wow :)

I know some people there I'll give them a call.

[inwaaaytoodeep]

Stick with BlueYonder for Broadband in the UK.

[bonzibudy]

inwaaaytoodeep, i second that!

[aspdaddy]

"The postcode you have entered may be in an area serviced by NTL. To contact NTL directly you can go to thier website."
Thanks BlueYonder -
Looks like im stuck with NT-Hell:(

[chris_f]

I've been in contact with NTL. My friend did not get the clearance the clear the cache and I've had no response through the proper channels.

Anyone have a decent email address?

GoogleGuy, how did you get in contact with NT-Hell?

[edited by: IanTurner at 12:05 pm (utc) on Sep. 7, 2002]

[GoogleGuy]

When it impacts the experience of using Google, we try pretty hard to contact people. :)

Has anyone seen any problems after now? Several people think it's fixed for them now--just wanted to see if anyone else was still seeing problems.

[dumbrill]

Yes, I'm getting them on both google.com and google.co.uk when using a Virginet account, but not when using a Demon account. They're also different flags on .com and .co.uk

[NFFC]

The NTL problem is fixed, don't know about the other ISP's.

[hurlimann]

Not for me NFFC.

[AshW2002]

This is still happening for me using Google.co.uk - seeing an Argentinian flag in the Google logo (http://www.wiredupwales.com/capture.jpg).

My ISP is also NTL, and I seem to have been using the Inktomi cache (inktomi1-swa.server.ntlworld.com)for about a week - during which time there have been multiple problems.

[heart attack]

Right now I'm seeing the Austrian flag partly covering the google logo on www.google.com. It used to be the Argentinian flag for the past few days.
(AOL Dial up from central London)

[PanUK]

I'm clear of flags, but will they come back again like last time?

[PanUK]

Sorry jumped the gun a little bit, clear on main logo but still getting flags etc on results page.

[aspdaddy]

deleted all my temp again & the flags have now gone.

<added>
Spoke too soon...tried google.co.uk , not seen this one b4..google logo in black with two green o's, and have the flags top & bottom...also main google logo on homepage is screwed.
.com still ok
</added>

[lavapies]

No probs on BTOpenwoe, must be a first :-)

BTW.. with regards to Demon, I know they've been having caching probs as I tried to move a domain from them for a client a short while ago. When doing so I learnt they had 2 dns cache and 3 web cache servers that were not refreshing as they should.

[electro]

Wow, I now see this!

Argentinian flag on google search [google.com...]

Dial up Freeserve.

Tracing route to google.com [216.239.35.100]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 133 ms 130 ms 133 ms pbr-1.brm.as5388.net [195.92.168.2]
3 137 ms 141 ms 129 ms 101.ge10-0.mpr2.lhr1.uk.mfnx.net [208.185.156.13
4]
4 142 ms 128 ms 140 ms pos0-0.mpr1.lhr1.uk.mfnx.net [208.185.156.13]
5 136 ms 125 ms 128 ms so-4-1-0.cr1.lhr3.uk.mfnx.net [208.184.231.174]

6 206 ms 199 ms 202 ms so-7-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.mfnx.net [64.125.31.186]
7 271 ms 264 ms 201 ms so-0-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.mfnx.net [208.184.233.122]

8 281 ms 270 ms 281 ms so-0-0-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.mfnx.net [64.125.30.2]
9 273 ms 271 ms 268 ms so-1-0-0.cr2.sjc3.us.mfnx.net [208.184.233.50]
10 267 ms 271 ms 272 ms pos1-0.er2a.sjc3.us.mfnx.net [208.185.175.198]
11 278 ms 272 ms 276 ms sjni1-2-3.net.google.com [216.239.48.238]
12 280 ms 309 ms 274 ms sjbi1-1-1.net.google.com [216.239.47.162]
13 283 ms 286 ms 284 ms www.google.com [216.239.35.100]

Trace complete.

[PanUK]

welcome to the club electro.

[chris_f]

I've still got the problem through NTL even though I've just cleared my TIF (Temporary Internet Files).

[PanUK]

The list of effected ISP's gets a little longer...

NTL
AOL
Freeserve

[g1smd]

Dumbrill: >> Yes, I'm getting them on both google.com and google.co.uk when using a Virginet account, but not when using a Demon account. They're also different flags on .com and .co.uk <<

Virgin just resell NTL web services to people with BT phone lines, so when you use Virgin it really is NTL that is your ISP.

[NFFC]

Mine are back too.

Still strikes me as a little strange, only affecting Google, not seen the problem on any other site.

[nemesis01]

Hello, glad it's not just me affected by this. I installed my NTL cable modem about 3 weeks ago and have been getting distorted images ever since, it did help switching to a proxy server for about a day but then they became affected. The server I am on now is cache5-leed.server.ntli.net

An example of my google misery is here:

[ps2replay.com...]

Tried all the usual stuff like clearing my TIF to no avail, I use google at least 20 times a day and this is putting me off now.

[PanUK]

I have another woman showing up on my results logo on google.com, makes a change from the flags. :)

[homepage.ntlworld.com...]

[NFFC]

Enough screenshots now guy's, anymore send them to Google ;)

[chris_f]

NtHell CLAIM to have cleared their cache, however, I'm still getting the flags and I've known for them to say stuff without actually doing anything.

Chris

[2metre]

I was also getting these glitches on www.co.uk and .com. I found out ( by means of a "typo") that they don't happen (yet?) if you only use 2 Ws. i.e. WW.google.co.uk instead of WWW.google.co.uk.