Google has just released their annual year-in search trends for 2018. There was some sort of mass panic last night when Google was spewing a warning "this site may harm your computer" on all their search results. People search on Google were shocked and confused as if the search engine itself was hacked. Connie took a screenshot from her browser of what turned out to be human error from some engineers over at Google: The incident happened sometime between 6:30 a.m. Google flags search results with the message "This site may harm your computer" if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. Read more in our articles including "Here are the most Googled topics in the Philippines for 2018" and "The day Google broke the Web".
Google has just released their annual year-in search trends for 2018. There was some sort of mass panic last night when Google was spewing a warning "this site may harm your computer" on all their search results.
People search on Google were shocked and confused as if the search engine itself was hacked. Connie took a screenshot from her browser of what turned out to be human error from some engineers over at Google: The incident happened sometime between 6:30 a.m. Google flags search results with the message "This site may harm your computer" if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously.
Our coverage of Google 2018 includes: "Here are the most Googled topics in the Philippines for 2018"; "The day Google broke the Web"; "Globe AT HOME offers free upgrades to 1Gbps and Wifi 6 routers to loyal postpaid subscribers". Each article provides unique insights and information.