Google is DOWN! World's biggest search engine hit by outage plaguing thousands ... trends now DownDetector shows users are experiencing issues with Google Reports show problems with Search and Google Drive By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 16:25 BST, 1 May 2024 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 1 May 2024 45 Viewcomments Google has been hit with a worldwide outage that is impacting thousands of users. DownDetector shows issues appeared around 11am ET, plaguing search, the website and Google Drive. Users in the US, the UK, Australia, parts of Europe and Asia have reported problems with the tech giant's services. It is unclear how many users have been impacted and what caused the glitch. This is a developing story... more updates to come Google has been hit with a worldwide outage that is impacting thousands of users DownDetector shows issues appeared around 11am ET, plaguing search, the website and Google Drive DownDetector's outage map for the US shows users have reported problems in New York City, San Francisco and parts of the Midwest. In the UK, Glasgow and Cambridge are also in the red - but America appears to be feeling more of the outage than other nations. Americans reported they are seeing a server error when attempting to connect to Chrome, which is also lagging for some users. Approximately 64 percent of problems reported to DownDetector cited Search as the main issue, 30 percent with the website and a small seven percent cited Google Drive. AsiaGoogle Share or comment on this article: Google is DOWN! World's biggest search engine hit by outage plaguing thousands of users across the globe All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility