August 9
Alphabet Inc's Google was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Several users took to Twitter to share that they are being shown an 'Error 500 (Server Error)' message while using Google Search. "The server encountered an error and could not complete your request," the message further says.
Google’s down, it is the endtimes.#google #googledown pic.twitter.com/CQ5GBPCCpe
— Chris (@ThatBoiCnote_) August 9, 2022
Google showing error for first time. This day will be remembered 😀#google #error #googledown pic.twitter.com/779jOhJxva
— Ganesh Mallya (@hgmallya) August 9, 2022
There were more than 40,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the world's largest search engine, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.
Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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