Google (GOOG) China Issues a False Alarm...This Time
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) said that the service disruption of its search engine and other services in China on Thursday, was in fact nothing more than a false alarm and was simply a technological gaffe.
Google reported a complete blockage in China and the news swirled around the Web on Thursday, until the company came out and backed off the claims
"Because of the way we measure accessibility in China, it's possible that our machines could overestimate the level of blockage," a company representative said. "That seems to be what happened last night when there was a relatively small blockage. It appears now that users in China are accessing our properties normally."
Google has been providing daily status updates about the accessibility of its services in China for four months, as the company is locked in a highly-publicized dispute with the Chinese government over Internet censorship. Thursday was the first time that the Google had said that its search engine was completely blocked.
The No. 1 Internet search engine company in the world is running the risk of being cut off from the world’s largest population and online market, as it is refusing to continue to cooperate with the country's strict Web regulations.
The company had cooperated with the Chinese government’s restrictions for four years, but a sophisticated cyber hack emanating from the country led Google to change its policy.
Shares of Google are down 3.06 to $481.93 in midday market movement Friday, as the stock has been suffering in 2010 amid the dispute with China.
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