# Anyone else having trouble reaching Google sites?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-reaching-google-sites/656445>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-reaching-google-sites/656445 "2013-04-22T23:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-reaching-google-sites/656445/1 "2013-04-22T23:35:26Z")

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For the past few hours I have been unable to reach any Google sites. Youtube seems to be affected as well. When I try to bring up any of these pages I get an immediate “Firefox can’t find the server at [www.google.com](http://www.google.com).”

I do not think the problem is on my end, as I can browse all other sites normally. Wondering if anyone else is having the same problem?

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**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-reaching-google-sites/656445/2 "2013-04-22T23:54:17Z")

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I am having no problems with google or youtube currently. The following is a good link for testing these things. You put in a webaddress in the site and that services computers try and contact the problematic site.

> **[Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me](https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/)**
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> Check if a website or service is down or having problems and report your problems! Click now to check/report problems!

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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-reaching-google-sites/656445/3 "2013-04-22T23:59:09Z")

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I have seen Facebook posts from local friends having the same problem so I assume the problem is at my ISP.

I tried getting around it by changing my DNS server to Google but that didn’t help.