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Google 'traffic jam' affects millions | | 2009/05/15 | | Millions of internet users were affected by a slowdown in Google's service yesterday afternoon after the web giant admitted an "error" in its traffic-management.
Google apologised for the interruption in a statement and said the jam was caused by an error in one of its systems that caused some traffic to be redirected through Asia.
"We've been working hard to make our services ultrafast and 'always on', so it's especially embarrassing when a glitch like this one happens," it added.
After the onset of the slowdown at around 14:30 BST, it soon became the subject of gossip on social networking site Twitter.
The slowdown also affected associated applications Gmail and Google News, as well as the website of the search engine provider itself.
As increased traffic can cause a website outage, some companies choose to employ website monitoring services to ensure they are the first to know when their services are impaired.
Earlier this year, the internet giant came under attack from privacy campaigners when it launched its 360-degree imagery service Google Street View.
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