No you aren’t mad - Google IS down!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | Author: admin |  Email This Article to a friend Email This Article to a friend

Wow, doesn’t it throw you when you enter a search in the Google box and you get a Page Load Error or similar message?

Firstly, you assume that your internet connection has gone down the gurgler but then when the Shoalhaven Heads website comes up good as gold - all is well!

I was more worried that Gmail might also be off the air again (it doesn’t happen very often but when it does (and you use Gmail accounts exclusively) it’s a oh-oh situation. But, no Gmail is fine as I expect Google to be again soon.

If you are really, really desparate you could try another search engine like Yahoo!, Answers.com or (God forbid) Live Search!

Edit 9:30AM: Gmail access is a problem from a browser but if you use Outlook Express or similar it’s currently working.
Edit 10:30AM: Whew! All back again now - wonder whether it will be on the news tonight…


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