Comments on: Google Flatlines Again http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Web Analytics Demystified » Blog Archive » How Yahoo! buying IndexTools changes Web Analytics http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-2155631 Web Analytics Demystified » Blog Archive » How Yahoo! buying IndexTools changes Web Analytics Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:07:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-2155631 [...] Yahoo! can slap the logo on and say “Come and get it, people!” giving away the whole hog to all comers. The advantage of this option would very likely be a high adoption rate (for IndexTools target audience, which is definitely different than the G.A. audience and more directly competitive with the likes of Omniture.) The disadvantage of this option is it has the potential to break IndexTools current architecture and could cause service interruptions which is something nobody wants, regardless of how much they pay for the service. [...] [...] Yahoo! can slap the logo on and say “Come and get it, people!” giving away the whole hog to all comers. The advantage of this option would very likely be a high adoption rate (for IndexTools target audience, which is definitely different than the G.A. audience and more directly competitive with the likes of Omniture.) The disadvantage of this option is it has the potential to break IndexTools current architecture and could cause service interruptions which is something nobody wants, regardless of how much they pay for the service. [...]

]]> By: techbits http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1351503 techbits Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:06:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1351503 <strong>Google turns bad....</strong> Several Google Services, including Google analytics have appears to not be working. With blogger being down, as well as Google news, I am staying this will not be very good for them. Yet, they will rebound, as usual. ...... Google turns bad….

Several Google Services, including Google analytics have appears to not be working.
With blogger being down, as well as Google news, I am staying this will not be very good for them.
Yet, they will rebound, as usual.
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]]> By: Steve Kane http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1066560 Steve Kane Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:18:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1066560 My bad. This was a self inflicted outage. Team member had inadvertently changed the account code suffix (profile number) while fixing an annoying IE message (“page contains both secure and non-secure items…). So in essence, the site WAS updating GA, but under another site’s profile. Lessons learned: 1. don’t debug late at night. 2. don’t entrust the company jewels to free software – or if you do, don’t expect good support. My bad. This was a self inflicted outage. Team member had inadvertently changed the account code suffix (profile number) while fixing an annoying IE message (“page contains both secure and non-secure items…). So in essence, the site WAS updating GA, but under another site’s profile.

Lessons learned: 1. don’t debug late at night. 2. don’t entrust the company jewels to free software – or if you do, don’t expect good support.

]]> By: Steve Kane http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1050007 Steve Kane Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:38:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-1050007 1 of our 7 Google Analytics profiles has been flat-lining since February 13. That’s more than 10 days, folks. Oddly - though both share the same root - we're getting stats on our Public Television site for WGBH Realty Perks: http://www.homegift.com/wgbh_private/Default.aspx but not on our corp site HomeGift.com: http://www.homegift.com As Rob said in his Feb 2 comment (#16), "The annoying thing is the lack of communication from Google." We too have submitted multiple support requests without getting any response - other than auto-responder emails saying that most inquiries are responded to within one business day. I understand that Google has a lot on its plate right now - not the least of which is the launch of Google Apps. But if Google is going to replace Microsoft as the defacto Office Applications standard, they have to prove to serious business users that they can scale support and provide continuity of service. I’m curious, are others still experiencing GA outages? 1 of our 7 Google Analytics profiles has been flat-lining since February 13. That’s more than 10 days, folks.

Oddly - though both share the same root - we’re getting stats on our Public Television site for WGBH Realty Perks: http://www.homegift.com/wgbh_private/Default.aspx but not on our corp site HomeGift.com: http://www.homegift.com

As Rob said in his Feb 2 comment (#16), “The annoying thing is the lack of communication from Google.” We too have submitted multiple support requests without getting any response - other than auto-responder emails saying that most inquiries are responded to within one business day.

I understand that Google has a lot on its plate right now - not the least of which is the launch of Google Apps. But if Google is going to replace Microsoft as the defacto Office Applications standard, they have to prove to serious business users that they can scale support and provide continuity of service.

I’m curious, are others still experiencing GA outages?

]]> By: TechCrunch explains Google problems at The Far Corner http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-928310 TechCrunch explains Google problems at The Far Corner Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:17:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-928310 [...] to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I had been wondering what was up with Google Reader lately. TechCrunch explains [...] [...] to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I had been wondering what was up with Google Reader lately. TechCrunch explains [...]

]]> By: BenListening http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-921602 BenListening Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:08:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-921602 I fingered it out. Switch to "Basic HTML" at the bottom of the page stops the chat from loading & connecting. Well see if that puts a giddy-up in load times during peak hours. Dee De Deeeee! I fingered it out. Switch to “Basic HTML” at the bottom of the page stops the chat from loading & connecting.
Well see if that puts a giddy-up in load times during peak hours.

Dee De Deeeee!

]]> By: BenListening http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-919093 BenListening Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:43:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-919093 From the Great Northwest I have had just about enough of these "server failures". I have been a loyal Gmail user since Sept of 2005 and service is getting worse & worse every day, NOT better. Now lately, EVERY day at noon and 4-5PM I am unable to send or receive messages or even access my address book. I have mail.yahoo as back-up, but all my accounts are connected to my gmail addy.....SOAKS!!! I suspect that the chat program bundled with gmail has alot to do with these jam ups. I could give a flying, flaming, rats patootie about chat and want it removed but gmail support remains hidden to me. (URL please?....anybody?) My guess is, If I am able to shutdown the chat side from trying to connect, then my mail will work a little faster. (yes?....No?) I think Google overloaded their own servers with chat traffic that took up unexpected bandwidth. From the Great Northwest

I have had just about enough of these “server failures”. I have been a loyal Gmail user since Sept of 2005 and service is getting worse & worse every day, NOT better. Now lately, EVERY day at noon and 4-5PM I am unable to send or receive messages or even access my address book.
I have mail.yahoo as back-up, but all my accounts are connected to my gmail addy…..SOAKS!!!
I suspect that the chat program bundled with gmail has alot to do with these jam ups. I could give a flying, flaming, rats patootie about chat and want it removed but gmail support remains hidden to me. (URL please?….anybody?)
My guess is, If I am able to shutdown the chat side from trying to connect, then my mail will work a little faster. (yes?….No?)
I think Google overloaded their own servers with chat traffic that took up unexpected bandwidth.

]]> By: Googly Eyed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-888465 Googly Eyed Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-888465 And they want you to rely on them for office applications? Oooookaaaay. With Billions of dollars and they can't keep the switch turned to "On". Must be all those googlers that vested that just don't care. Maybe its all that energy sucked into taking down illegal videos, I mean YouTube, or I mean both really (after all what is YouTube without illegal videos...a dead napster?). And they want you to rely on them for office applications? Oooookaaaay. With Billions of dollars and they can’t keep the switch turned to “On”. Must be all those googlers that vested that just don’t care.

Maybe its all that energy sucked into taking down illegal videos, I mean YouTube, or I mean both really (after all what is YouTube without illegal videos…a dead napster?).

]]> By: Sunny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-884474 Sunny Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:26:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-884474 The problem has not corrected itself. our site gets usually on an average 35, 0000 sessions a day we are down to 25,000 for the last 4 to 5 days. Our google referral traffic has dropped. The problem has not corrected itself. our site gets usually on an average 35, 0000 sessions a day we are down to 25,000 for the last 4 to 5 days. Our google referral traffic has dropped.

]]> By: Matt Keegan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-880905 Matt Keegan Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:08:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-880905 This has happened to me before -- Google Analytics being messed up. Still, it seems to correct itself after awhile or at least I hope that it does. No telling what goes on with it, but I am glad that I am not the only one with the problem. I thought I was losing it. This has happened to me before — Google Analytics being messed up. Still, it seems to correct itself after awhile or at least I hope that it does.

No telling what goes on with it, but I am glad that I am not the only one with the problem. I thought I was losing it.

]]> By: Nick Gonzalez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-864902 Nick Gonzalez Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:06:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-864902 How about we call it the "White Screen of Death"? How about we call it the “White Screen of Death”?

]]> By: Prabhu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863868 Prabhu Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863868 My two cents about this post. http://worldandweb.blogspot.com/2007/02/network-monitoring-not-required-for.html My two cents about this post. http://worldandweb.blogspot.co.....d-for.html

]]> By: Sprague Dawley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863502 Sprague Dawley Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863502 Just like we have BSOD to describe offline OS failures, we need a new acronym to describe these interweb system failures. How about "Google Online Operations Failure" (GOOF)? Just like we have BSOD to describe offline OS failures, we need a new acronym to describe these interweb system failures. How about “Google Online Operations Failure” (GOOF)?

]]> By: Jamie Stephens http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863231 Jamie Stephens Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-863231 Good to hear about what happened. I was beginning to wonder why people stopped coming to see me. Kinda funny how we talk about a Google outage like it's a water or electrcity outage. If most other sites went down, we might say the site had "down time" but when Google goes down, it's referred to as an "outage," describing our loss rather than the site's. Good to hear about what happened. I was beginning to wonder why people stopped coming to see me.

Kinda funny how we talk about a Google outage like it’s a water or electrcity outage. If most other sites went down, we might say the site had “down time” but when Google goes down, it’s referred to as an “outage,” describing our loss rather than the site’s.

]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-862901 Bob Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:13:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-862901 I am a Google analytics addict and have been in withdrawals for two days. It is back up now but still missing some data. I am a Google analytics addict and have been in withdrawals for two days. It is back up now but still missing some data.

]]> By: Al http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861866 Al Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:44:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861866 Google analytics is dead for me right now at Sat 10:45am EST. No analytics at all, was working fine last night. Google analytics is dead for me right now at Sat 10:45am EST. No analytics at all, was working fine last night.

]]> By: Sharad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861659 Sharad Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:08:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861659 I guess I was the first one to report the Google outage about Google news and other sites but alas :( a blogger who isnt famous doesnt get the scoop ! Check this http://highheaven.blogspot.com/2007/02/google-woes-continue-now-its-google.html I guess I was the first one to report the Google outage about Google news and other sites but alas :( a blogger who isnt famous doesnt get the scoop !
Check this http://highheaven.blogspot.com.....oogle.html

]]> By: Eric Willis http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861277 Eric Willis Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:58:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-861277 GMAIL is dead for me right now. GMAIL is dead for me right now.

]]> By: Jon F http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860947 Jon F Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:16:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860947 When I logged into Google Analytics yesterday I was showing about a day and a half of no data but then when I logged in this morning it showed all the data...so good news is they seem to be collecting all the data but there was a long delay in reporting it. When I logged into Google Analytics yesterday I was showing about a day and a half of no data but then when I logged in this morning it showed all the data…so good news is they seem to be collecting all the data but there was a long delay in reporting it.

]]> By: Dr Fence http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860726 Dr Fence Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:42:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860726 hmm ... need to checkout analytics :) I have noticed that my google sitemaps at times loses data. I was told by google "this is normal". Doesn't seem to to me ... google also lost track that my site had been "verified". I've also noticed lots of problems with gmail lately. A big plus for their apps is that they're alway up. hmm … need to checkout analytics :)

I have noticed that my google sitemaps at times loses data. I was told by google “this is normal”. Doesn’t seem to to me … google also lost track that my site had been “verified”.

I’ve also noticed lots of problems with gmail lately. A big plus for their apps is that they’re alway up.

]]> By: Graham http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860051 Graham Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:53:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-860051 http://www.reinvigorate.net/ is starting to look really tasty. not worth changing from goog analytics though. http://www.reinvigorate.net/ is starting to look really tasty.

not worth changing from goog analytics though.

]]> By: Alex Thompson http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-859699 Alex Thompson Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:01:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-859699 You guys should check out www.stockwrap.com - free program that pulls data from variety of sources. Its great! ;) You guys should check out http://www.stockwrap.com - free program that pulls data from variety of sources.

Its great! ;)

]]> By: ejpasseos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-859481 ejpasseos Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:35:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-859481 Google Finance was down for me most of the day yesterday. I work at a Harley-Davidson dealership and was going to use either Google or Yahoo finance to monitor the stock and news about the company's strike. It was the first time I had used Google finance. I thought the site was great, but obviously I was very disappointed by the outage. By Friday, the first day of the lockout/strike, it was down for most of the day. Google Finance was down for me most of the day yesterday.
I work at a Harley-Davidson dealership and was going to use either Google or Yahoo finance to monitor the stock and news about the company’s strike.
It was the first time I had used Google finance. I thought the site was great, but obviously I was very disappointed by the outage.
By Friday, the first day of the lockout/strike, it was down for most of the day.

]]> By: Yohay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-858511 Yohay Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:48:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-858511 Google Analytics is back. It seems that the data wasn't lost. Google Analytics is back. It seems that the data wasn’t lost.

]]> By: Dave C. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-858510 Dave C. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:48:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/02/google-flatlines-again/#comment-858510 Man, I wish I would have read this earlier. I was going nuts trying to figure out what was going on with Analytics. Thanks for bringing my sanity back. Man, I wish I would have read this earlier. I was going nuts trying to figure out what was going on with Analytics. Thanks for bringing my sanity back.

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