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Getting Google Rankings Back After Site Downtime

Getting Google Rankings Back After Site Downtime

By Chris Crum March 25, 2013 | 4 Comments

The latest Google Webmaster Help video deals with getting your site’s rankings back after experiencing some downtime. Google’s Matt Cutts will often provides answers to his own questions in these videos. This time the question comes from Googler Pierre Far, …

Foursquare Is Down and They're Investigating Foursquare Is Down and They're Investigating

UPDATE: It’s all back up. as of 11:45 am ET, making the downtime total nearly 5 hours. No explanation on what caused the outage. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: If you tried to check-in on Foursquare when you arrived at work this morning, …

Netflix Explains What Happened on Christmas Eve Netflix Explains What Happened on Christmas Eve
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On Christmas Eve, Netflix experienced a widespread outage of its streaming services due to issues with Amazon Web Services. If you tried using Netflix that day, you may have noticed, though not everyone was affected (trust me, I did plenty …

Tumblr Apologizes for Yesterday's Huge Outage Tumblr Apologizes for Yesterday's Huge Outage

If you operate a Tumblr blog, you’re probably aware that the site experienced a major outage yesterday. After experiencing intermittent errors and slow loading times on a number of pages, Tumblr decided to take down the whole site “in order …

Gawker And BuzzFeed Go Down, Turn To Tumblr Gawker And BuzzFeed Go Down, Turn To Tumblr

Update: BuzzFeed Director of Communications Alice Suh tells WebProNews, “BuzzFeed is up and running after the hard work of our team who worked all night bring our servers back to life. We are no longer operating off the compromised data …

Google App Engine Has Outage Issues Google App Engine Has Outage Issues

Google App Engine is experiencing issues today, causing problems with various services across the web. There have been numerous reports of various outages. Business Insider mentions Instagram, SlideShare, Sina Weibo, and Orkut. There have also been reports of Dropbox and …

Reddit Is Down for Some Users, Blames Network Issue Reddit Is Down for Some Users, Blames Network Issue

UPDATE: It appears that a problem with Amazon Web Services EC2 in Northern Virginia. You can check out AWS’ Service Health Dashboard here. Those of you looking to browse reddit right now may be out of luck. That’s because the …

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StumbleUpon Not Working For Some Users StumbleUpon Not Working For Some Users

Update 2: We’ve finally received word from StumbleUpon. A spokesperson tells WebPronews, “We’ve had a few outages this morning that have affected some users. We are working on it now. We should be up and running for everyone soon.” As …

Facebook Is Really Slow Today For A Lot Of People Facebook Is Really Slow Today For A Lot Of People
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Are you having some trouble with Facebook today? You’re not alone. It’s been incredibly slow for us all morning, and it turns out that there are tons of people complaining about this. Here’s a sampling from Twitter: Follow @candiceherhu candice …

Can't Upload Avatar or Background Images on Twitter? Can't Upload Avatar or Background Images on Twitter?
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If you try to upload a new avatar or background image to your Twitter profile, you may prove unsuccessful. Don’t worry – you’re not alone. Twitter has updated their Status page to inform users that there may be a problem …

iMessage Not Working For Many Users iMessage Not Working For Many Users
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According to reports from multiple outlets, users are currently experiencing some problems with Apple’s iMessage service. According to The Next Web, iMessages seems to be having problems on devices through multiple carriers. MacRumors reports that their forums are full of …

GoDaddy: Service Restored For Most Customers GoDaddy: Service Restored For Most Customers

Update: GoDaddy says service is completely restored, and that the outage was not the result of a hack. Full statement here. On Monday, GoDaddy experienced a major outage, and a a result, many sites went down. Many users and businesses …

GoDaddy Could Be Down From "One Hour" To "One Month" GoDaddy Could Be Down From "One Hour" To "One Month"
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Update: GoDaddy says service is completely restored, and that the outage was not the result of a hack. Full statement here. As previously reported, GoDaddy is experiencing some downtime, and a member of Anonymous is taking credit (though only on …

GoDaddy Goes Down For Some Users GoDaddy Goes Down For Some Users
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Update: GoDaddy says service is completely restored, and that the outage was not the result of a hack. Full statement here. GoDaddy has been having some trouble today, with users taking to Twitter to vent their frustration at sites all …

Xbox LIVE Down, Microsoft Aware of the Issue Xbox LIVE Down, Microsoft Aware of the Issue
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[UPDATE] Xbox LIVE is back up, though Microsoft has not yet commented on the outage. [ORIGINAL] It’s not just you – Xbox LIVE is down. If you’ve called off work to nurse your Labor Day hangover and were hoping to …

Wikipedia Goes Down: Internet Freaks Out Wikipedia Goes Down: Internet Freaks Out
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Update: Wikipedia now appears to be back in working order. Either way, this was quite a reminder of just how much the Internet has come to rely on Wikipedia. What a scare! As Cinderella once said, “You don’t know what …

Twitter On Outage: Not How We Wanted Today To Go Twitter On Outage: Not How We Wanted Today To Go

On Thursday, Twitter experienced a massive amount of downtime for all web users, and mobile users were experiencing some additional problems. Twitter had initially updated its status blog to say, “Users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Our engineers are …