Comments on: GBTV #505 | The Google Glitch

By: teppo (Teppo Kotirinta)

teppo (Teppo Kotirinta) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:54:33 +0000

Uh, here’s a link to Geekbrief’s take on Google glitch: http://is.gd/hWrZ

By: Nicholas Young

Nicholas Young — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:44:42 +0000

So, the problem with using Gmail, Google Apps, AppEngine, or Google’s hosted ajax libraries finally comes to light. Google is the search engine of choice for most of the internet (I think their market share was around 80%, when I last checked), and there’s not a lot we can do about that. I like Google, use Gmail, and are grateful for all that they’ve done for indexing and internet based communications – but when the search giant missteps like they did here, the internet seems to be ripped apart, unless you go directly to a website’s url… and, if you are using any of the services I listed, you might want to consider having a backup. If Google search gets is brought to it’s knees by an incorrect keystroke, it’s just as likely that one or more of their other services can be incapacitated in the same manner.

So, what have I learned from all of this? Wake up – it’s always a good thing to have a plan B.

By: SharnAtlanta (Sharon Rosen)

SharnAtlanta (Sharon Rosen) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:32:02 +0000

GeekBrief.tv explains the “Google Issue” from this morning when goolge, uh, MESSED UP BIG. Info here: http://is.gd/hWrZ

By: davemidd (David Middleton)

davemidd (David Middleton) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:04:23 +0000

Brief 505 is up (and this morning’s Ustream if you missed it) – http://tinyurl.com/ap92mw (via @CaliLewis)
Always a good watch.

By: netvideo (Net Video)

netvideo (Net Video) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:19:31 +0000

Geekbrief: GBTV #505 | The Google Glitch: Shownotes:
This morning started like a typical morning for m.. http://tinyurl.com/ap92mw

By: TwitLinksRSS (TwitLinksRSS)

TwitLinksRSS (TwitLinksRSS) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:10:06 +0000

GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast » Blog Archive » GBTV #505 | The Google Glitch: Shownotes:
This morn.. http://tinyurl.com/ap92mw

By: David

David — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:23:27 +0000

Google was erroneous in their intial statement (which they have since changed). They (Google) caused the problem, not StopBadware.

http://blog.stopbadware.org/2009/01/31/google-glitch-causes-confusion

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:24:02 +0000

Google was the source of human error and not StopBadware.org. They’ve updated their explanation warning to reflect that.

“We maintain a list of such sites through both manual and automated methods. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to come up with criteria for maintaining this list, and to provide simple processes for webmasters to remove their site from the list.

We periodically update that list and released one such update to the site this morning.”

Here’s a blog from StopBadware.org explaining the facts from their side:

http://blog.stopbadware.org/2009/01/31/google-glitch-causes-confusion

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:08:34 +0000

Can you say “Insane over-reaction?” I knew that you could!!

By: Technology Madness

Technology Madness — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:35:49 +0000

Wow that was a power of ‘/’ (include everything under ‘/’ ..)