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Ask HN: Is anyone else experiencing unstable behavior with Google search?
For the last month or so (I honestly don't recall when this began, could be longer), I have been experiencing unstable behavior with Google search. Indefinite pauses with the search results grayed out, searching for something similar to what I typed, but messed up/shortened/slightly garbled, indefinite pauses with a blank webpage. Just a bunch of strange behavior, really. Anyone else? If so, it's hard to believe Googlers don't notice, so what gives?
- thomseddon 14y agoOnly when I have a crappy internet connection
- mikecane 14y agoI haven't seen that. But I have seen when clicking on a search result an interminably-long URL pop up in my URL bar that takes far longer to resolve than in the past when searching. And getting the same result twice in Google Books is a matter of luck.
- mergy 14y agoI think it's related to the extra crap they are adding on the results. I did a post on this a couple weeks ago - http://mergy.org/2013/01/what-is-up-with-the-insane-long-google-results-url-now/ http://mergy.org/2013/01/what-is-up-with-the-insane-long-goo...
- logn 14y agoYeah, ever since they rolled out Google Instant Search. It's never worked right for me. Yes, I restarted my machine. No, I'm not switching from Firefox.
- onlyup 14y agoYeah, I don't enjoy the instant search experience and have used it on multiple laptops and desktops.
- devonbarrett 14y agoYes this will happen to me if after a search I try to amend what is in the search bar. However, simply clicking on the search icon resolves this.