Being a compulsize AdSense checker, I look at my stats almost every hour, and just now I found that I couldn’t log in. Adsense gives me an error “UsernamePasswdNotMatch” in Opera. In fact, they do match, and yes, I’ve checked if caps lock was on and it’s not. On IE8, it gives me an Error 403. I did a quick Twitter search to see if other people were experiencing the same thing, and lo and behold, I wasn’t alone:
Downtime started around 1pm EST. It seems it affects only some accounts and not others, although I’m not sure what makes one vulnerable. Probably an upgrade gone wrong. In any case, here’s a quick solution that worked for me:
Log in to Gmail or your other Google accounts first. Then, try logging in to Adsense. You should be able to get in fine.
Since AdSense holds some of our online revenue, it was a little disconcerting to see it go down. I initially even thought my account got hacked (whew!). I hope they fix it quickly and make the system more secure and stable.
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