Google Ads serving/spending issue resolved after almost 3 days
Late Friday afternoon, Google has told us the issue with Google Ads has been resolved.
Barry Schwartz on October 13, 2023 at 5:47 pm | Reading time: 1 minute
Google has fixed the Google Ads issue with serving and spending that started on Wednesday morning and lasted almost three days.
Google posted an update at 5:28 pm ET today saying, “The problem with Google Ads has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.”
The issue started on October 11th at 12:59 am ET.
What has Google said? A Google spokesperson said in a statement:
- “We are aware of an issue affecting serving/spending for campaigns running on Google Ads.”
- “This is an acknowledgement note to assure you that the issue is being actively investigated.”
Why we care. You may want to check your Google Ads account to see if there are any anomalies with your account and speak to Google with any necessary refunds or adjustments.
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.