Adcenter, WTF? Microsoft AdCenter is on the fritz… Repeat, MSN AdCenter is down.
So I go to log into micorsoft adcenter today and all I get is this.
Safari -
Firefox -
There is no update, no status message, no… nothing. Does the blue screen of death apply to all things microsoft.
Realy, this is just another example of why microsoft is doomed. They just don’t know how to communicate with consumers. That is to say, they don’t listen, and then don’t respect us enough to let us know what’s going on.
Shit, for all I know, they are only displaying this screen to mac users so we go out and buy PCs.
If any one knows what going on, comment some updates.
Updates:
Simple SEM said last month,
“Looks like the MSN Adcenter had a bit of a hiccup this morning, and they have decided to pull it offline for the remainder of the business day. This was a unplanned outage and is not a good sign, especially for the efficacy of new technology platforms.”
But this is a month later now and I was actually able to access it all month. What’s the story?
I certianly hope that whatever updates they are doing were worth it and that adcenter still works on a Mac when they come back online.
Microsoft,
Thoughts? Would you like to chime in, oh, thats right, you don’t listen to us. My mistake.
Updates:
As I was informed in the comments by Evan (thanks Evan) and then more gracefully by Thomas, this is just scheduled maintenance as specified on the 7th by the adcenter blog. It’s back up now.
Being fairly new to adcenter, I didn’t yet think to check the blog as I should have. (wipes mud off face)
However, would it have killed them to post a link on the error page?
Isn’t that just a common courtesty?
Or is it just me?
Evan Roberts Said,
February 11, 2007 @ 5:36 am
this is scheduled maintenance. They sent out an email last week.
Evan Roberts Said,
February 11, 2007 @ 5:58 am
here is the actual email for you.
Microsoft adCenter will undergo scheduled maintenance starting at 1:00 A.M. Singapore Standard Time, Sunday, February 11, 2007. Your keywords and ads will continue to run during this time. The maintenance will last for up to 15 hours, during which you will be temporarily unable to access adCenter. Visit the adCenter blog for updated information.
If you have any questions please visit our support center for your available options or call 800-518-5689 / TTY (800) 877-9580 between 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. (SST), any day of the week.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft adCenter Team
thomas Said,
February 11, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
http://adcenterblog.spaces.live.com/
*gasp* they have a blog! *gasp* they have the scheduled maintenance listed!
Please enlighten me where MSFT doesn’t listen to you.
adambold Said,
February 11, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Thanks for the update guys.
I am still fairly new to adcenter so I didn’t know where to find the blog and apparently they don’t like me enough to send me the friendly email about the update because I didn’t find anything in my spam filter either.
Would it have killed them to link to the blog from their blue screen of death. While I am not yet as savvy with adcenter as I hope to be, surely others had the same questions I did.
Thoughts?
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