By: ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 09 Aug 2022 09:12 AM (IST)
Google search engine down for users ( Image Source : Getty )
Tech giant Google’s most popular service, the search engine, was reportedly down on Tuesday for thousands of internet users. Outage tracking website Downdetector.com confirmed the global Google search engine outage. It said more than 40,000 incidents with Google Search were reported on August 9.
People in the US, the UK, Australia and Singapore reported issues with the Alphabet-owned Google search engine. As per a network intelligence company, ThousandEyes Inc, Google search engine outages affected at least 1,338 servers globally impacting more than 40 countries.
People went on Twitter and posted screenshots of the error being reflected on using the search behemoth. #GoogleDown also trended on Twitter with multiple users inquiring about the outage. During the outage, internet users attempting to use the Google search engine encountered a 502 or 500 error.
Is @Google really down right now?!? Or is this just a me problem? #googledown pic.twitter.com/jgWWQwjkO2
google is down or its just me lol? pic.twitter.com/btBxfUj51Z
This is a insane experience… google is down… the apocalypse is finally here we cant google why googles down now we only have bing and yahoo to guide us in this darkness
At the time of this report, there has been no statement or clarification provided by Google on the reported global outage.
Outage tracking website Downdetector.com also mentioned that Google Maps, another service of the tech giant, was also not reportedly working for some users.
User reports indicate Google Maps is having problems since 9:36 PM EDT. https://t.co/q4LGoQpcR6 RT if you’re also having problems #googlemapsdown
Downdetector tracks outages of various digital properties by collating status reports from multiple sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.
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