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Google Temporarily Pulling Google Caffeine Sandbox

If you’re still trying to compare Google results with the new “Caffeine” sandbox, be prepared to wait while Google makes some datacenter upgrades.

Matt Cutts just posted the news on Twitter that the sandbox is being taken down, and that it’ll be back online “late Thursday afternoon-ish.”

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Insert your own “Google goes decaffeinated” punchline here.

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Matt McGee
Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.