Google: 502 Server Error (followup)

A hack to make it work for us. :)
Apparently, google gives out different IP addresses for different parts of the world. The one assigned to 'us' has some problems (still, after more than 8-10 hours!). But life without google search is really painful. My solution? Added another IP address (which www.google.com maps to for others not in my network) to /etc/hosts. Relief!
New Path Ventures, here we come searching for you!