The issue with Google Ad Manager (Google’s ad manager) has been resolve and restore for affecte users ,” Google said in a tweet on the evening of December 8. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
The websites of several major newspapers such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times were affecte by the above incident.
According to Reuters sources, the service outage costs news publishers thousands of dollars an hour when it occurs during a sensitive time when advertisers promote product marketing for the holiday.
The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times and Google all decline to comment on the case.
There is a preceent for Google to compensate customers
Problems with certain services in the past. It was reportd that yesterday’s outage is considere a “P0” incident, the highest priority.
Google’s Google Ad Manager accounts for Bulk SMS Hong Kong about 90% of the market share of ad delivery platforms in the US, often embdde on websites.
“Basically, every major website uses Google’s Google Ad Manager (such as USA Today, ESPN, CBS, Time, Walmart, and Weather.com) ,” according to the filing, an ongoing proprietary lawsuit aime at into the search giant.
A source said that the lack of competition leaves publishers with few fallback options for Google Ad Manager, so the authorities are looking for ways to limit the company’s market power.
In response Google said it also face a lot of competition
Denie any allegations of antitrust practices.
According to Reuters sources, the service outage costs news publishers thousands of dollars an hour when it occurs during a sensitive time when advertisers promote product marketing for the holiday.
The New York Times, Washington Post get CMB Directory to Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times and Google all decline to comment on the case.
Notably, during the time of the incident, ads still appeare on Google services such as YouTube.
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