Google experienced a significant worldwide outage on Wednesday morning, affecting thousands of users across various regions including the US, UK, Australia, parts of Europe, and Asia. The outage disrupted services such as search functions and Google Drive. DownDetector reported technical glitches that impacted the search engine's website and associated services. The issue was most pronounced in US cities like Seattle, Denver, and New York City. This event comes at a time when Google has seen a slight decline in market share, with competitors like Bing and Yahoo experiencing gains.