All the latest UK technology news, reviews and analysis

Google sets off false alarm on China searches

by Shaun Nichols

More from this author

31 Jul 2010

Be the first to comment

  • Tweet this
Google China
Google is reporting that outages in China were not as severe as reported

Google has backtracked on reports of a block on its services in China, admitting that outages reported on Thursday evening on Google's web search, news search, ads and mobile services were not as widespread as had been believed.

"Because of the way we measure accessibility in China, it's possible that our machines can overestimate the level of blockage," the company said.

"That appears to be what happened last night when there was a relatively small blockage. It appears that users in China are now accessing our properties normally."

Service availability on Friday was reported as consistent with that of previous days, and all services first reported as blocked are functioning normally.

The blocking alert was installed by Google in the wake of its decision to move its search operations from mainland China to Hong Kong.

The company has had a contentious relationship with China's government since evidence surfaced of security breaches on systems in Google's China headquarters.

Despite the tension, many Google services have remained available in mainland China, and the company recently had its licence to operate in the country renewed.

Do you agree?

 

Add your comment

We won't publish your address
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms & Conditions. Your comment will be moderated before publication.

Poll

IT priorities for 2012

What is the most important IT priority for your company this year?

99%

0%

1%

0%

0%

Connect with V3.co.uk

Sign up to our daily or weekly newsletters

Accurev

Top 5 software development challenges

This paper focuses on a series of best practices and techniques for development teams looking to improve their software development processes

Talend

Rubbish in, rubbish enterprise

Why good data management at all levels is essential in the modern business (video, 6mins)

eCommerce Business Analyst - (North London)

eCommerce Business Analyst - (North London) Permanent...

UI Developer (North London)

UI Developer (North London) Permanent £55,000 - £60...

MS Office 2010 Trainer - Cambridge

MS Office 2010 Trainer - Cambridge My Cambridge based...

Dynamics CRM Technical Consultant

Dynamics CRM consultants (experience of javascript and...

To send to more than one email address, simply separate each address with a comma.