Now I realize that Google had planned maintenance, because I check up on this regularly, however, their message is not very clear that they are performing the maintenance. And if you haven't been keeping up to date, as a user, you would not have a clue that they are performing maintenance. They also do not list any ETA for when the site will be up again. Broken image links... *shiver*.
Google AdSense Down for Maintenance.
http://adsense.google.com
I also don't understand why sites are just pulled down like this. If the Internet is to be like the water running through your house, and electricity to a building, this cant happen anymore. Maybe this will be a thing of the past in the Web 3.0 world. I can see smaller companies having to take down their sites like this, but Google should be able to at least give you access to historical data while they perform the maintenance. The problem with this approach? This tells me that they are doing updates to live data. What happens if the update goes badly! You get more unscheduled downtime!
One interesting thing is if you look at the AdWords explanation page, it is much more clear!
Google AdWords Down for Maintenance.
http://adwords.google.com
Whoever wrote the copy and created the page on AdWords, great job! Anyway, I love Google, I'm just surprised at the approach in this case. If this was a Microsoft Site, the flames against Microsoft and news articles would be RAMPANT! Any thoughts?










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