Probably because Google announced it on Google Plus, Jim (also because you didn't end up with zillions of emails).
Elana...please tell me you're being facetious.
kona...what can one say?
"We spoke to Mr. Peck on the phone just now, and he says he’s been receiving thousands of emails, the majority of which are blank.
“I’ve been getting thousands of no-subject, blank emails,” he says. “500 of them come every hour, I can’t stop them.”
The issue actually started yesterday, he says, and he contacted Hotmail support this morning to try to get help. Ironically, he asked them to contact him at his alternate email address, which is Gmail."
"Update: This article and headline were edited to clarify this is a glitch and related to Gmail, but until we can confirm with Google we won’t assume it’s the same glitch that caused the Gmail outage or is related to that outage. A variation of this bug was spotted earlier, according to Search Engine Land.
Since publication, we’ve received tips that a number of other users may be affected in similar ways as Mr. Peck – that is, it’s their address that is appearing when the link is clicked by Google searchers.
UPDATE, 6 PM ET: A Google spokesperson provided the following:
“Due to a technical glitch, some email addresses on public webpages appeared too prominently in search results. We’ve fixed the issue and are sorry for any inconvenience caused.”
Google has also confirmed that today’s glitch was not related to today’s Gmail outage." - Techcrunch
