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More Google Failures
Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:05:40 pm

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Google Collapse?
Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:27:42 pm
Gmail has been loading extra slowly for me for the past few weeks. Last week, my mobile access to gmail stopped sending me notifications when new messages became available. Now I am getting repeated Google Error pages when trying to load Youtube videos. I'm not sure if they have a pervasive bug/attack or if they may be over capacity. Either way, it doesn't look good for them.
Google DNS was not working this morning. I have switched back to using my ISP's DNS. I also couldn't reach google.com for an hour and Google Ads were loading intermittently. I suspect that the same person who is currently mismanaging Youtube may be somehow responsible. It could be Larry Page who is at fault. He hasn't officially replaced Eric Schmidt as CEO of Google yet, but the decision was made for him to take over recently and he may already be influencing things.
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1) erdos0,
Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:06:23 pm
The intermittent failures are apparently not over yet.
2) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:06:41 am
So how soon do you think we'll all have to find a new videos site?
3) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:29:32 am
re: comment#2
So how soon do you think we'll all have to find a new videos site?
Vimeo is the only decent alternative at the moment.
4) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:33:21 am
re: comment#3
Vimeo is the only decent alternative at the moment.
I've never heard of it (or if I have I don't remember).
5) evilserif,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:23:30 am
youtube is run by google?
6) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:26:19 am
re: comment#5
youtube is run by google?
They bought it a few years ago.
7) evilserif,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:58:43 am
re: comment#6
They bought it a few years ago.
interesting.
8) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:10:20 am
They're also no longer notifying me of replies to comments I've made on videos.
9) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:13:04 am
re: comment#8
They're also no longer notifying me of replies to comments I've made on videos.
Scratch that. They may or may not be notifying of replies, but I looked more closely and saw that you had replied to yourself.
10) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:16:38 pm
re: comment#8
They're also no longer notifying me of replies to comments I've made on videos.
11) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:16:46 pm
agrees with: comment#9
Scratch that. They may or may not be notifying of replies, but I looked more closely and saw that you had replied to yourself.
12) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:53:36 pm
re: comment#7
interesting.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html
13) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:13:04 pm
One thing I have noticed: Since I now have to log into YouTube via Google, the "stay logged in" cookie is not working on YouTube if I log out of Google.
14) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:13:48 pm
re: comment#13
One thing I have noticed: Since I now have to log into YouTube via Google, the "stay logged in" cookie is not working on YouTube if I log out of Google.
That's poorly worded. To put it another way, if I log out of Google, I have to back in on YouTube.
15) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:15:13 pm
re: comment#14
That's poorly worded. To put it another way, if I log out of Google, I have to back in on YouTube.
That could potentially be very annoying but I very rarely log out.
16) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:22:03 pm
re: comment#15
That could potentially be very annoying but I very rarely log out.
I used to log out rarely, too, but since OkCupid wouldn't let me make a new account with the Gmail account I already had ("this email address is already in our database" or something along those lines), I made a second Gmail account, so now I switch from one to the other periodically to prevent a build-up of messages.
17) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:23:29 pm
re: comment#16
I used to log out rarely, too, but since OkCupid wouldn't let me make a new account with the Gmail account I already had ("this email address is already in our database" or something along those lines), I made a second Gmail account, so now I switch from one to the other periodically to prevent a build-up of messages.
Speaking of which, even though OkCupid wouldn't let me register until I changed my IP address, I'm still receiving the usual site messages at those email addresses.
18) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:24:40 pm
re: comment#17
Speaking of which, even though OkCupid wouldn't let me register until I changed my IP address, I'm still receiving the usual site messages at those email addresses.
And of course, I can't shut it off, because those accounts don't actually exist. (I've heard the "unsubscribe me" link that Web sites provide does nothing, so I haven't tried that yet.)
19) erdos0,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:51:54 pm
re: comment#16
I used to log out rarely, too, but since OkCupid wouldn't let me make a new account with the Gmail account I already had ("this email address is already in our database" or something along those lines), I made a second Gmail account, so now I switch from one to the other periodically to prevent a build-up of messages.
I also have two Gmail accounts. I keep one perpetually logged in on Firefox and the other on Chrome.
20) sweeneyjohn,
Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:23:01 pm
re: comment#19
I also have two Gmail accounts. I keep one perpetually logged in on Firefox and the other on Chrome.
I don't have Chrome. Firefox has been my only browser for a while now.
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