Google Has a Big Problem With its Ad Manager Know Why?

Google is having problems with its Ads Manager, a key part of the search giant's business.

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The company posted a message on its Google Ads Status Dashboard shortly after 8 p.m.

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Eastern Thursday We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Ads Manager

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Ads Manager is not delivering ads to affected users.

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The message states that affected users are able to use Google Ads Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency and/or other unexpected behavior.

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The company promised to provide additional information shortly.

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Ads Manager is a platform for large publishers who have significant direct sales, according to Google

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It offers publishers a central place to monetize all your inventory types (websites, mobile apps, videos or games).

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The ad manager has been key to driving growth at Alphabet over the past year.

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The company mentioned in its latest quarterly results that impressions ended September 30, 2021

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From the three months ended September 30, 2022 driven primarily by growth in Google Ad Manager and AdSense over the three months ended September 30, 2022.

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Shares of Alphabet have fallen more than 30% over the past year amid a broad selloff in the markets and in big-cap tech names in particular.

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The stock ended the latest trading session off 1.3% at $93.71.

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