Instapundit says it is happening across blogspot and multiple types of blogs so it might just be a fluke.

Thanks Jeff.

I have to say, these rumors seem a little silly when, so far, there is no real evidence to suggest any real connection with Obama..? Not that it's impossible, but I think we should wait until we have a little more certainty before spreading rumors about Google, boycotts, or anything.

Alan,

I agree.

That's why I stated them as rumors.

I'm thinking it might be some sort of virus that Google was unaware of.

Like I said, they're all just rumors.

Looks like they're all back now.

It's not a virus. There is an issue for people who are using Sitemeter on their site - the Javascript running behind the scenes with the Sitemeter widget shuts down the web site when viewed with IE7. Check out this site for the instances of it:

http://addictomatic.com/topic/sitemeter

To test this theory, go look at the site in IE7, then go look at it at Firefox and see if there's an issue.

NoFactZone,

I agree.

I have been having problems viewing my own blog with IE7. I switched over to FF3 yesterday and now the problem is solved.

Thanks for the input. It is making more sense now.