As of this posting, Google is down, Gmail is down, and Adsense is down. Thankfully YouTube, and Blogger are still up. I’m wondering what happened. Did someone hack in to Google.com? It is unlikely for Google to ever go down. Every second they are losing a lot of revenue, and making many people disappointed with their services. A lot of my online activity involves Google, but now that it’s down I  actually have to get up and do something else.

If you want to search, I recommend you use Bing. Go to http://www.bing.com and search! Hopefully Google comes back up soon.

Update: Google was only down for Comcast users, but it’s back up now.

Update #2: Google and Gmail services are still down for RCN users.

Update#3: Are you on RCN and still having these issues? Follow the guide below to learn how to fix it. Credit goes to Ben Stewart for this solution!

1. Open your Control Panel.

2. Click on the Network and Sharing Center icon.

3. Find the name of the network you’re connected to, and then click on View status.

4. In the Networking tab click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click Properties on the bottom-right corner.

5. Select “Use the following DNS server addresses:” and enter in the following:

• Preferred DNS server: 207.172.3.16
• Alternate DNS server: 208.59.89.21

6. Click OK. Open your web browser, and Google/Gmail and other Google services should now be working. If this doesn’t work then call 800-RING-RCN and get help from RCN Tech Support.

Yes, right now Gmail is down and has a 502 server error message when you try to access it. We’re not sure what the problem is, but this is not the first time Gmail has gone down.

Many people on Twitter seem to be upset about this, especially since they can’t access any of their mails at this moment. If  you’re affected by this Gmail downtime, we want to know! Had a college document, business work, or anything that you were trying to access right now? Leave a comment!

What to do while Gmail is down

Don’t panic! Just wait. Knowing Google, I know that they are working around the clock to fix this problem. They have lots of users and they will fix the problem ASAP. I’ll update here once Gmail is back up.

Update: Gmail is back up. Good job Google!

It’s true, Gmail is down right now. I’m getting the 502 Server Error while browsing Gmail. I tried browsing Gmail.com on my Palm Pre, on my web browser, and even asked a friend to try it on his connection. It appears to be down! It’s very rare for any Google service to ever go down.

I’m sure a lot of you rely on Gmail to access your e-mails as well. Thankfully, I have a copy of all my e-mails saved offline on my e-mail. It doesn’t matter to me that Gmail is down right now, but I do hope it’s back up soon. How many of you are trying to access Gmail right now and are frustrated about it? Rant about it in the comments.