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Comments on: YouTube disappears from the screen temporarily

The leading video site is unavailable to some users Saturday morning.

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by szlwzl May 3, 2008 8:09 AM PDT: I did a whois earlier when it was down and it looks as if the DNS was compromised. Will post it here later but there were references to swingers clubs and that youtube wasn't as l33t as gulli.com; Like this Reply to this comment

by centernetworks May 3, 2008 8:48 AM PDT

hey dan - here's my post about the issue -- it seemed to start with a routing issue then appeared to be a full-on dns hack:
http://www.centernetworks.com/youtube-down-1

but as you say its back now and we can watch more cat videos!

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by ShanePike May 3, 2008 11:42 AM PDT: As noted in the comments on CenterNetworks' site, this wasn't a DNS hack at all: http://www.askshane.org/news-links/youtube-is-gone.php; Like this


by SugarMtn May 3, 2008 9:15 AM PDT: would be interested in a 'dummy' explanation of how can happen? Thanks Centerworks for the link, but its still a bit too technical.; Like this Reply to this comment


by BorisNefyod May 3, 2008 9:26 AM PDT: Yesterday I've noticed I cannot see Readwriteweb, and several other sites from Moscow. Still, I can read the posts through Google Reader.; Like this Reply to this comment


by djc8080 May 3, 2008 12:55 PM PDT: Starting Wednesday night, I noted an attack on Google sites. My wireless, broadband, and most sites were fine. Google's AS Analytics, Feedburner, Analytics, and Youtube seem to go down on and off.

I've estimated AS, FB, and GA have each lost 50% of the impressions when compared to internal logs.

-Dash
The New Economics of Advertising
(http://adEcon101.blogspot.com/); Like this Reply to this comment


by dfarber May 3, 2008 1:00 PM PDT: Thx Allen...linked to your post....never got a message back from Google as to the nature of what was called a technical glitch; Like this Reply to this comment


by Timetogetill7 May 3, 2008 8:33 PM PDT: "This provides another example of why the Internet isn't like television"

Poor choice of words right there. Television can go out just as easily as the internet (Hint...Hint: Cable/Satellite during a storm; blackout perhaps?). It's not constant or more reliable than the internet. Also Youtube is only one website. Do we really need to rely on good "content" from one website?; Like this Reply to this comment

by rapier1 May 4, 2008 8:11 AM PDT

@Timetogetill,

Pedantic much?

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by Timetogetill7 May 4, 2008 2:39 PM PDT: didactical aren't you rapier?; Like this


by centernetworks May 4, 2008 5:44 PM PDT: Thanks for the linkup Dan - much appreciated! CNET is a traffic machine, love looking at my referral logs the last day!

I have not received any update either.; Like this Reply to this comment

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