What would happen if Google were to shut down for 15 minutes?

In this post you will know some interesting facts about Google. What will happen if Google were to shut down for 15 minutes. In August 2013, Google and all of its services came down briefly for 2-3 mins. And the whole internet traffic went down by a massive 40%. A similar incident also occurred in May 2009.

Note that it was just for 2 mins. Imagine 15 mins. It's highly unlikely but here is what I think will happen -

• First few mins people will check their internet connection. Some will even call their Service Provider. Some may even check for hardware failures on their side
• People will then realize that it's true. There will be a period of disbelief. People will desperately try to reload google's homepage.
• People all around the world will start taking screenshots of the Google Server Error Page. The error page might look like 500.
• People will search for alternate search engine ~ but how ? Most of them don't even know that there are alternate search engines 
• Bing and Yahoo will get huge traffic surge.
• Many other internet apps - that uses Google Services in backend will also come down. Without GMAIL for 15 mins the productivity across the whole world will drop by a huge margin.
• Android users will be stranded on the roads and iPhone users will be lost in the lanes if Google Maps stopped working for 15 mins 
• Media will go crazy. They will call experts and try to analyse situation themselves.
• A lot of users will switch from Google services to alternates