# Is Google down, or am I a moron? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773 "2003-03-07T18:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/1 "2003-03-07T18:57:47Z")
Um, anyone else having difficulties? I just wanted to do a quick search for a home project (which I’m trying to get done on my day off) and I can’t even do that. . . Google Tripler ::scratches his head:: Operator error? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/2 "2003-03-07T19:00:42Z")
Works fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/3 "2003-03-07T19:02:14Z")
no problems here. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/4 "2003-03-07T19:02:59Z")
Worked fine for me too. But, sometimes Google doesn’t load for me the first time. I type [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) in my brower and a white screen comes up and says “done” at the bottom. If I hit “Go” on my web brower it then really loads up. Google is the only site that has every done that to me. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/5 "2003-03-07T19:03:23Z")
Try this: [google](http://www.google.com/). Works for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/6 "2003-03-07T19:07:34Z")
Nothing says the two options are mutually exclusive. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/7 "2003-03-07T19:18:24Z")
Google solves all my problems. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/8 "2003-03-07T19:21:51Z")
Weird, **Musicat** , same thing. . . > [@](#): > > \*\*The page cannot be displayed \*\* > > The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. . . Hrm. Tripler ? 😕 ? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/9 "2003-03-07T19:25:07Z")
Looks like you are going to have to **Yahoo**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/10 "2003-03-07T19:43:04Z")
Are you outside of the US? Google usually has different pages for different countries/regions, so yours may be having a problem. I saw your coordinates in your location, but I am too lazy to dig up my GPS 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/11 "2003-03-07T19:59:03Z")
Aw man, now Hotmail is doing the same thing. . . This sucks. And **Joey** , for all intents and purposes, I’m in the most remote part of the US you can be in: North Dakota. Tripler Oh, and [try this UTM converter](http://www.cellspark.com/UTM.html). ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/12 "2003-03-07T21:11:44Z")
Tripler, are you behind a firewall? If yes, that may be the issue. If no, then you probably have a DNS issue, or routing issue. Go to a command prompt, type in “ping [www.microsoft.com](http://www.microsoft.com)”. If the ping utility returns an actual IP address, you will know that your DNS is working. Then ping [www.google.com](http://www.google.com). See if you get an address back, and any responses to your pings. If you get an address, and no responses, type in tracert [www.google.com](http://www.google.com). This will show you all the routers in between you and them. It will be painfully apparent where the problem lies… O ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/13 "2003-03-07T21:31:14Z")
**Oicu812** , I ‘pinged’ the Microsoft server, no luck. I pinged a handful of other sites, and they worked alright, but nothing from MS or Google. Weird. Tripler Is it my DNS server? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/14 "2003-03-07T22:57:09Z")
Try a tracert, too. This will tell you what the first non-responsive node is. You can also go to a web site that will ping and tracert from themselves, like [http://network-tools.com](http://network-tools.com). If that site can reach your problem sites, you know the problem is in your path. Finally, if you can get to zdnet, they have an article about [resolving web bottlenecks](http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2418937,00.html). ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/15 "2003-03-08T01:44:58Z")
Do you use Verizon? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-google-down-or-am-i-a-moron/159773/16 "2003-03-08T01:54:50Z")
Google is functioning within its normal parameters for me.