What does the “This Site Can’t be Reached” error mean? If you are a Mac or Android smartphone user, we have you covered as well. Instead of using a different browser or trying again at a later time, we are going to look at what this error code means, why it pops up, and outline 7 methods you can use to fix the issue on your Windows computer. For Google Chrome users, the “this site can’t be reached” error can pop up if a website takes too long to respond and is down or if there is an internet connection problem. In many cases, we may just close the internet browser and retry the search, double check the spelling of the website URL, or even try a different website browser. While most of us are well aware of how to use our favorite internet browser to search up our most frequented websites, most of us don’t really know what to do when an error pops up instead of the website we were attempting to reach.