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Why might an account experience a sudden lack of sales followed by a cluster of conversions?
Short-term performance gaps followed by sudden spikes in sales are often the result of platform updates or batch processing in the algorithm. These fluctuations can affect both high-spend and low-spend accounts, highlighting the importance of monitoring long-term trends rather than hourly data.
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