In the case of a search service disruption the status updates will be shown here.
05 Jun 26: there was an initial issue with v7.8.1 release because the newer protocol server version was taken by google chrome from cache rather than downloaded for real so I reversed the release temporarily since it got me confused until I figured out the banal cause.
Most of the time, and unfortunately when I need it the most, the search engine is inaccessible for me.
Now, I know that sometimes the search engine is truly down but I suspect that I too have a problem on my end.
For exemple, sometimes my friend can access it while I cannot (he is using another ISP, another machine, another whatever...)
I would like to know if there are some tests that I can perform whenever it is not working so I can debug the problem and maybe work on it with my ISP or on my machine or whatever...