> Calm down. This was purely a data error where old data was mixed in
> with new. There were no unusual trades, even at the close. Take a look
> at both highs and lows as well as the options and you'll see that it
> was prevalent for all Google-related securities. It happens sometimes,
> and there are rules in place to deal with it. All brokers and data
> feeds sourcing from the Nasdaq will show this error, and any incorrect
> ticker prices or trade prices will be corrected when the bad data is
> removed.

> Google is down a bit in after hours only because of people
> misunderstanding the data-related drop. It will move back up as soon
> as this fear goes away, and we will almost certainly see the mid-400s
> tomorrow, much higher in a couple of weeks when they report (Google's
> earnings have been stellar even through the economic downturn because
> they actually benefit from slowdowns as resources are shifted to the
> most efficient forms of marketing.)