Online real-time platform Downdetector reported that users had reported problems with Google explorer, the world’s dominant search engine, as of 2.12am. BST (9.12pm EST, 11.12am AEST). As of 11:38 a.m., there were 4,113 confirmed reports of Google outages. Users said sister platforms Gmail, Google Maps and Google Images were also experiencing issues. Both rely on the Google search engine to function. Hi Amanda. The Google Workspace status dashboard ( doesn’t show interruptions. Could you tell us more about what seems to be going on with your Gmail address? We’d be happy to help. — Gmail (@gmail) August 9, 2022 Network intelligence firm ThousandEyes Inc said the Google outage was affecting at least 1,338 servers worldwide in more than 40 countries, including the United States, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Israel, parts of South America, Europe and Asia, including China and Japan. Users who tried to use the search engine were met with a 502 or 500 error. “The server encountered a temporary error and was unable to complete your request,” an error page read. “Please try again in 30 seconds.” Users took to Twitter to express their confusion, reverting to alternative search engines including Bing and DuckDuckGo to surf the web. Google does not publish exact traffic numbers, but it is the most visited website on the internet, receiving more than 80 billion hits per month. Google is experiencing an outage so I’m literally on bing dot com. — Jesslyn 🇮🇩 (@jtannady) August 9, 2022 The company had not publicly commented on the outage or its cause.
