Knocked Off Gmail? You're Not Alone

If you were suddenly knocked of your Gmail account Friday around 2 p.m. ET and were feverishly trying to sign back in so you could finish your last Gchat with no success, you are not alone.

Many on Twitter also noted the issue.

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Those trying to access Gmail received an error message that looked a little something like this (below).

Google's Gmail went down Friday afternoon, serving up this error message. (Image source: Google screenshot)

The outage-checking website Down for Everyone or Just Me noted that it "looks down from here."

Before 2:30 p.m., Google's email service seemed to come back online.

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Google's Gmail Twitter account has not issue any updates regarding the apparent outage at the time of this posting.

Google told TheBlaze in an emailed statement it was investigating the issues experienced on some Google services and would post updates on its Apps Status Dashboard.

Featured image via AHMAD FAIZAL YAHYA/Shutterstock. This post has been updated.