Google says it’s impossible to prevent outages from happening, but the company is aiming to get better at alerting the community when issues are detected.
This topic is discussed by Google’s Search Relations team, which is made up of John Mueller, Martin Splitt, and Gary Illyes.
Together, in the latest episode of the Search Off the Record podcast, they discuss what to expect from Google in 2022 and beyond.
Among the topics they address is whether there will be fewer outages this year.
Unfortunately, Google can’t make that promise.
However, you can expect more communication from Google when outages and bugs are discovered.
Here are some highlights from the discussion on Google outages.
Google Outages Will Continue To Happen
Outages will absolutely continue to happen, so don’t be surprised when one occurs.
As Illyes says, Google runs on computers, and they’re prone to outages from time to time.