YouTube disappears from the screen temporarily

Posted by Dan Farber

At 7:00 a.m. PDT I was heading for my video page on YouTube and ran into this message:

I was getting to other sites just fine, so it's safe to assume it's a Google problem. YouTube receives 10 hours of video per minute and is by far the leader in the crowded field. This provides another example of why the Internet isn't like television, which tends to have higher uptime but the content just isn't as interesting as what you can find on YouTube. Awaiting word from Google on this topic.

Update: As of 7:20 a.m. YouTube has been revived.

Allen Stern at CenterNetworks has some more detail.

Topics:: Personal Tech,; Google

Tags:: YouTube,; Google

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by szlwzl May 3, 2008 8:09 AM PDT: I did a whois earlier when it was down and it looks as if the DNS was compromised. Will post it here later but there were references to swingers clubs and that youtube wasn't as l33t as gulli.com; Reply to this comment


by centernetworks May 3, 2008 8:48 AM PDT: hey dan - here's my post about the issue -- it seemed to start with a routing issue then appeared to be a full-on dns hack: http://www.centernetworks.com/youtube-down-1 but as you say its back now and we can watch more cat videos!; Reply to this comment View reply
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by SugarMtn May 3, 2008 9:15 AM PDT: would be interested in a 'dummy' explanation of how can happen? Thanks Centerworks for the link, but its still a bit too technical.; Reply to this comment


by BorisNefyod May 3, 2008 9:26 AM PDT: Yesterday I've noticed I cannot see Readwriteweb, and several other sites from Moscow. Still, I can read the posts through Google Reader.; Reply to this comment


by djc8080 May 3, 2008 12:55 PM PDT: Starting Wednesday night, I noted an attack on Google sites. My wireless, broadband, and most sites were fine. Google's AS Analytics, Feedburner, Analytics, and Youtube seem to go down on and off. I've estimated AS, FB, and GA have each lost 50% of the impressions when compared to internal logs. -Dash The New Economics of Advertising (http://adEcon101.blogspot.com/); Reply to this comment


by dfarber May 3, 2008 1:00 PM PDT: Thx Allen...linked to your post....never got a message back from Google as to the nature of what was called a technical glitch; Reply to this comment


by Timetogetill7 May 3, 2008 8:33 PM PDT: "This provides another example of why the Internet isn't like television" Poor choice of words right there. Television can go out just as easily as the internet (Hint...Hint: Cable/Satellite during a storm; blackout perhaps?). It's not constant or more reliable than the internet. Also Youtube is only one website. Do we really need to rely on good "content" from one website?; Reply to this comment


by rapier1 May 4, 2008 8:11 AM PDT: @Timetogetill, Pedantic much?; Reply to this comment View reply
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by centernetworks May 4, 2008 5:44 PM PDT: Thanks for the linkup Dan - much appreciated! CNET is a traffic machine, love looking at my referral logs the last day! I have not received any update either.; Reply to this comment

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