Google has confirmed issues with the Local Service Ads advertiser console and said they are “investigating and working to resolve this with high priority.”
Since this morning, advertisers trying to access the Google Local Service Ads advertiser console have been hit by timeouts, 500 status codes and other errors preventing them from manage LSAs.
Confirmation. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed the issue on X just minutes ago:
The issue. There are a number of complaints on social media about LSAs not being accessible. Here are some of those complaints, some starting around 8 am ET this morning:
Google has yet to post about this issue on the Google Ads status console.
Why we care. If you have been having issues managing your Google Local Service Ads, you should know you are not alone. Many advertisers have been having issues all day long. And while LSAs often have issues in the console, these issues today seem a lot worse.
So hang tight, Google is working on addressing the issues.
Update. At around 6pm ET, this was resolved:
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