# Why won't Google work for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-work-for-me/332553 "2005-11-24T05:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-work-for-me/332553/1 "2005-11-24T05:58:18Z")
Is anybody else having problems loading Google? Everyone I’ve asked says it’s working fine for them. So far I’ve: -Reset the cable modem -Reset the router -Checked for spyware (adaware and spybot) -Restarted my computer Still it’s not working. Am I missing anything that I could be doing? Or are some nodes of google just down? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-work-for-me/332553/2 "2005-11-24T06:01:22Z")
The first thing to try when you have trouble loading certain web pages is to clear your cache and history. After doing so, close all instances of your browser, then restart it. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-google-work-for-me/332553/3 "2005-11-24T06:12:55Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > The first thing to try when you have trouble loading certain web pages is to clear your cache and history. After doing so, close all instances of your browser, then restart it. :smack: You know, I have no clue why that wasn’t the first thing I tried. Thanks, QED, as usual you’ve proved helpful.