Mashable cited data from DownDetector.com indicating Yahoo began experiencing problems at 4:26 p.m. ET (5:26 a.m. in Manila).
"Yahoo Mail, Flickr and other Yahoo services appear to be unaffected," it said.
In the Philippines, however, Yahoo Search appeared to work normally as of 8 a.m.
Mashable also posted a screenshot of the error message where Yahoo said it "will be right back" because its engineers "are working quickly to resolve the issue."
"We are aware that Yahoo search is unavailable to some users. Our engineers are working to restore the service at the earliest," Mashable also quoted a Yahoo spokesperson as telling it.
Bing problem?
Mashable said that while it is not clear what caused Yahoo Search's problem, it could be related to earlier problems with Microsoft's Bing search engine.
Bing, which powers Yahoo's search engine, reportedly experienced a brief outage earlier Friday but had been back online. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
