Google’s DoubleClick for Publishers is down, removing ads from sites across the Web [Update: Back!]
Nov12
Around 9:40 AM EST, several websites using Google’s DoubleClick ad service started experiencing problems as Google’s servers apparently went down. This includes issues from ads appearing blank to entire websites not loading at all. It’s likely affecting millions of advertisements across the Web and could cause advertisers to lose a whole lot of money collectively. Indeed, the shutdown is currently affecting ads on The Next Web itself. We reached out to Google and were told “the team is aware and is looking into it.” We will update you once we receive an official statement on the issue and its cause. Update 10:33 AM: It looks…
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