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Comment by tjoff

20 hours ago

Just searching surely does not mark them as down?

That's exactly how it works. The website is just a counter of how many people landed on the page searching for "is $X down"

  • I don't know but I really doubt that.

    When you search for a service you get the current status and you get the option to report a problem.

    The minimal you expect from such a service is to keep track of how many % of users are searching also reports an error. There might of course still be errors but that alone surely can't be it. But please correct me if I'm wrong.

    edit: and their own description only mentions actual reports https://downdetector.com/methodology/