Gmail Down Again For Some Users

A small number of users are having trouble accessing their Gmail accounts today. Google GOOG has yet to acknowledge the issues on its app status page, but there have been a handful of complaints cropping up on Twitter.

Anyone experiencing gmail issues today? I've been locked out and don't even spam. #help

— Janet Lugo (@YourNewHomeDC) October 9, 2013

Anyone else have issues adding attachments to Gmail in Chrome? It's as if it's taunting me.

— Dan Frydman (@danfrydman) October 9, 2013

Anyone else having issues with gmail?

— Claire Smith (@claireemma70) October 9, 2013

Any other @googleapps users having issues today, or is it just us @versettinc? Drive, Gmail, etc. All the things are slow.

— Jody Bailey (@3oh6) October 9, 2013

Notice that these tweets are questions, as if the users cannot believe that another Gmail problem has occurred. Gmail users experienced a number of issues just a couple of weeks ago on September 23. Benzinga's own Evan Brandoff has been experiencing problems as well today, as illustrated in this screen capture: Coincidentally, it seems that Yahoo YHOO -- which upgraded its service to compete with Gmail this week -- is also having problems.

.@Yahoo's new email looks good but there are some usability issues. Looks like a copy of @Gmail. #UX #UI

— Amarjeet Rai (@sonu27) October 9, 2013

Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this report. Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ