� Google’s flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too? | ZDNet.com

� Google’s flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com: "Google had a rough weekend and a human error caused the search giant to list the entire Web as malware for an hour or so. The screw-up is likely to raise questions about the risks of having a monoculture dependent on any one technology supplier."

On Saturday, Google tagged the Web as malware and was rendered useless. After various reports, Google blamed the incident on human error.

Was the ruckus over Google’s outage overblown? Possibly. But to many folks Google is the Window to the Internet. If folks can’t Google people are simply lost. That fact alone probably qualifies Google as a Web monoculture although it may be a touch premature to make a definitive call. However, Google touches everything and frankly that’s a bit worrisome.