Google’s Server Down?!

Filed in: Google — March 27th, 2004

Hmm… strangely I cannot load Google.com since 3am++. When I access http://www.google.com, it return “cannot find server” error.

Checked with DNSreport.com, there is a warning at “CNAME Lookup”:

WARNING. Your web site (www.google.com) has a CNAME record pointing to www.google.akadns.net.. That by itself is confusing, but acceptable. However, the CNAME record in this case causes an extra DNS lookup, which will slightly delay visitors to your website, and use extra bandwidth.

Besides, Google.com’s SOA MINIMUM TTL is : 60 seconds, which is very low compares to normal setting(3600 and 10800 seconds). I guess it is doing server updates?

The weird thing is that Mozilla CAN access Google.com, while at the same time Internet Explorer(IE) cannot!?!?!

I am confused. Doesn’t both are browsers? Why one can load Google.com but another cannot, at the same time, same PC and same connection? The only reason I can think of is that IE loading page timeout period is shorter than Mozilla.

Any idea?

BTW, I test it using Mozilla 1.7 beta.

Like this post? Please share:

Follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe to free newsletter for updates like this article..

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    UPDATED: checked at 7:20am, the Google.com back to normal for both my IE and Mozilla. Still wondering why few hours ago cannot access using IE…

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    UPDATED: checked at 7:20am, the Google.com back to normal for both my IE and Mozilla. Still wondering why few hours ago cannot access using IE…

  • http://www.lowks.org/cranium/html/ Platypus

    How is mozilla-1.7-beta compared to 1.6 ?

  • http://www.lowks.org/cranium/html/ Platypus

    How is mozilla-1.7-beta compared to 1.6 ?

  • k4ml

    it seems that google are doing some test/change on their website interface since early this month. there’s various blog discussing this but I’m not quick enough to grab their new look.

  • http://liewcf.com/ LcF

    Platypus: I will write a [b]Mozilla 1.6 vs. 1.7b[/b] later ;)

  • k4ml

    it seems that google are doing some test/change on their website interface since early this month. there’s various blog discussing this but I’m not quick enough to grab their new look.

  • http://liewcf.com LcF

    Platypus: I will write a [b]Mozilla 1.6 vs. 1.7b[/b] later ;)

  • Squall

    yeah, I have seen the google new look. =P

  • Squall

    yeah, I have seen the google new look. =P

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    new look? what’s the different?

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    new look? what’s the different?

  • Squall

    cleaner, less words. Google banner still there.

  • Squall

    cleaner, less words. Google banner still there.

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    Squall: cleaner? Hmm… I still can’t see the different. :P

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    Squall: cleaner? Hmm… I still can’t see the different. :P

t
<-- viglink -->