Updated: Why are Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet down today?

Update:

The following 11 Google services are now working properly after being restored to their full functionalities in a span of 6 hours of global service outage which was due to continuous improvements being done to their system for better performance: 

1. Gmail
2. Google Drive
3. Google Docs
4. Google Sheets
5. Google Slides
6. Google Sites
7. Google Groups
8. Google Chat
9. Google Meet
10. Google Keep
11. Google Voice

6 Hours Ago:

"Gmail is not working for several users. Users complained that they are unable to send across emails and attach files to emails." This is according to one of the many Gmail users who are experiencing this severe problem right now. Why are Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet, as well as some Google services are having connectivity issues today? 

As of this moment, Google is still investigating the source of these issues and they will be publishing the same as soon as they found some answers.

   

Google Instant Changes the SEO Game

While excited about the changes, Google seemed relatively sanguine about the actual effects on search. They seemed to see only how Google Instant would be a positive for those using it. Many SEOs, however, see things a little differently, with some predicting the end of long-tail searching, and others predicting the end of SEO itself.

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Google Instant Changes the SEO Game

How Much Faster Is Google Instant?

Google Instant likes to think it's pretty fast, but how fast is it really? We pitted regular old Google against Google Instant, complete with its time-saving shortcuts, for a head-to-head comparison.

To make this as accurate and fair of a comparison as possible, we restricted our typing speed 240 key presses per minute. That's four key presses per second, or what comes out to somewhere around 50 words per minute—a moderate typing speed for the average person. Key presses mean any key, so invoking a shortcut counts. The winner was determined when Google was sure it found the correct result.

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Does Google Instant Mark the End of SEO?

Steve Rubel says that Google Instant makes SEO irrelevant. "Here's what this means," he says. "No two people will see the same web. Once a single search would do the trick - and everyone saw the same results. That's what made search engine optimization work. Now, with this, everyone is going to start tweaking their searches in real-time. The reason this is a game changer is feedback. When you get feedback, you change your behaviors."

He's not wrong about that, but I'm not sure that makes SEO irrelevant. Google has been showing different results to different users for quite a while now. This is really just an extension of that.

Trevor Claiborne of the Google Analytics Team says that Analytics users might notice some fluctuations in AdWords impression volume and traffic for organic keywords. "For example, you may find that certain keywords receive significantly more or fewer impressions moving forward," he says.

He says, however that over time, it could change SEO. "The search results will remain the same for a query, but it’s possible that people will learn to search differently over time," says Cutts. "For example, I was recently researching a congressperson. With Google Instant, it was more visible to me that this congressperson had proposed an energy plan, so I refined my search to learn more, and quickly found myself reading a post on the congressperson’s blog that had been on page 2 of the search results."

Google clearly said that ranking stays the same with Google Instant, but it will change the way people search. It will affect their search behavior, and that is what search marketers are going to have to think about more than ever. You should also consider that some people will simply deactivate the feature, leaving them open to Google's standard results.

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Google Instant: New Era of Internet Search

Google Instant is also the type of search innovation that might be difficult for competitors to duplicate in a matter of weeks or even months, giving Google a distinct advantage heading into a new era of Internet search.

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Google Logo September 7

Wow! In the past 11 hours, Google Logo has been in the top 10 of the Hot Searches in Google Trends. Various reactions from different users were expressed. And majority of the users of this search engine were really annoyed instead of being amazed.

What can you say?

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Google Balls

The Google Logo comprises coloured balls which you can move around the screen – something which is annoyingly addictive to do... and then just annoying.

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