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Monday, November 03, 2008 | 6:24:00 PM
Labels: AdSense features
When we notice a spike in readers who are interested in a specific topic, we like to address it as soon as we can. There's been some interest in filtering ads from publisher pages, so here's a quick refresher on the filtering tools we offer:
Competitive Ad Filter
You can restrict contextually-targeted and placement-targeted ads from appearing on your pages by adding the URL of each ad to your Competitive Ad Filter. After logging in to your account, click the AdSense Setup tab and visit the 'Competitive Ad Filter' page. You can also find full instructions and tips for entering in specific URLs in our Help Center. To determine the URL of an ad, try the AdSense Preview Tool or follow these steps. Please keep in mind that it may take several hours for the filter to take effect.
Ad Review Center
The Ad Review Center gives you additional control over the placement-targeted ads that may appear on your pages. Using the Ad Review Center, you can review specific ad groups and advertisers before they appear on your pages, and also block ads by type. You'll need to opt in to the Ad Review Center at the top of your Competitive Ad Filter page, and then you can begin reviewing ads.
55 comments :
Talen said...
You noticed a spike in readers interested in a certain topic did you?
You've broken trust with your publishers over this prop 8 ad issue and although Google gave 140k to the vote no on prop 8 I'm betting you've taken in millions in ad revenue for the vote yes on prop 8.
It's nice to see we are held to exacting rules as publishers and Google breaks those very rules.
Sites displaying Google ads may not include Violent content, racial intolerance, or advocacy against any individual, group, or organization.
You also need to allow the option to post using name and URL...not all of us use the blogger platform!
November 03, 2008 8:42 PM
johloh said...
seriously. noticed a spike?
way to get on the news by 'donating' money to no on 8...you probably already had the yes on 8 money set up.
you've completely broken my trust, and I (as well as many others) are now shopping for another company to provide advertisements.
terrible move google. fire whoever made that choice.
November 03, 2008 8:46 PM
Humuhumu said...
My filter works better than yours: I've removed Google AdSense from my sites. I'm speechless. I cannot believe that my own sites were used to push that kind of hate. I'm disgusted, and surprised, and disappointed.
November 03, 2008 10:14 PM
Jim and Garret said...
This is pretty appalling. Is there a way in adsense to see what ads have been run on my blog? I'm going to suspend adsense from my site until Google gets their crap together.
November 03, 2008 11:25 PM
Nicole Simon said...
My goodness, there is more on the world than actually this prop 8. Just in case you did not know - there is also an election going on in that country, and that produces unwanted ads as well.
And even more, this is a topic which goes far beyond just some politics (assuming that this is the case) - there is a need to be able to go down on a more contextual level.
You want disgusting? Try to have a website about how to make a Baby Diaper Cake and see the results come in for incontinence. Blocking urls is not enough as there are so many of them ...
But, of course as usual with anything with a political touch, my (contextual to this blog) comment will be spilled out with gazillions of political comments.
Hint: There is more in the world which google has to work with than just the US.
November 03, 2008 11:30 PM
jennine said...
How can you run these Yes on Prop 8 ads?
What about all the sites who don't even know what Prop 8 is? All the bloggers who don't live in California or the US? They're unwittingly running these ads FOR discrimination.
http://independentfashionbloggers.org/2008/11/04/an-open-letter-to-google-ads/
(IFB never had ads, though I have other blogs and have taken my ads down..)
Honestly, I don't know what to say... I feel betrayed... that my blog can be used as a vehicle for right-wing religious discrimination. I have always believed in equality for all people, and this really sickens me.
I may not put my ads up again.
November 04, 2008 1:50 AM
Tran Tinh said...
I did use these features but they did not work. All blocked ads still there and even I could not block or see them to filter out. T
November 04, 2008 2:42 AM
Web Plus Seo Service said...
What is prob8
November 04, 2008 3:18 AM
peterkirn said...
I'm with the others. I'd like some feedback from Google on two issues here:
* How did ads that weren't relevant to content get through in the first place?
* Can we get a mechanism of blocking that's real-time? (I found one. I shut off Google Ads.)
To me, it was a huge shock that on my music tech site, we were suddenly telling some of our readers that their partnerships threatened kids. Come on.
If this was an abuse by the advertiser, or a violation of Google's policies in some way, I'd sure like to hear more. I'm not going to immediately rail against Google, but I do hope you guys can give us some more feedback, and that you realize timing is critical. We need some explanation from AdSense, and we need tools as publishers that respond in real-time, because that's what online publishing is about.
Peter Kirn
http://createdigitalmusic.com
November 04, 2008 4:24 AM
peterkirn said...
And addendum: the point to me is, the ad wasn't relevant. Geo-targeted but irrelevant content is obviously dangerous; this instance proves it.
November 04, 2008 4:25 AM
johloh said...
cmon PR team...I know youre working on this issue this morning.
how did you not see this coming?
we need a response, and if its not soon, expect people to be gone when you get back to them.
November 04, 2008 6:32 AM
RumDood said...
To be honest, I don't care if the ads showing up are for or against any proposition, candidate, amendment, or other political item. If Google are going to allow political ads, then they need to provide a universal filter for political ads.
I'm not going to go in to my own political views here, and I don't on my blog either. My blog is supposed to be 100% apolitical. Google, by not providing me with the ability to opt out of any and all political advertising, are threatening my readership numbers by potentially offending people.
In short, I will discontinue the use of AdSense until such time as Google provide me with the ability to block any and all politcal ads.
November 04, 2008 7:16 AM
Annie said...
This is appalling! People TRUST Google AdSense to create ads based on the content of the sites - by searching the keywords. We set up AdSense and let it go. So, you create these ads for a hugely divisive and discriminatory issue and don't tell anyone? You let them go out to people's sites who are morally opposed to such hate? Then, when people ask for answers you give them a multi-step process for running additional filters?
You are ridiculous. Clean up your act. Step up and apologize. Your own company has a "No on 8" policy, why would you let this happen?
November 04, 2008 9:41 AM
Jason said...
I agree. I am extremely disappointed and will be taking my business elsewhere.
Google owes its Adsense publishers an apology and should create a filter for political advertising immediately.
November 04, 2008 11:05 AM
Rosemary West said...
How dare you plaster these Prop 8 ads all over my websites! This is a nightmare as visitors will are now turned away from my pages thinking that I support these ads. This is just plain WRONG! There should be a way to automatically block ALL political ads. No matter what my opinion is on a political issue, this is completely inappropriate for my websites.
November 04, 2008 11:24 AM
Stu said...
I, like many above, have removed Google AdSense from my site. It will take more than a vague reminder of filtering options to convince my to switch it back on.
You've broken our trust Google. Not cool.
November 04, 2008 11:30 AM
Joe said...
The Ad review thing is broken.
How do I completely press the "off switch" on your ads?
November 04, 2008 12:18 PM
Trent said...
Google is not paying for any clicks!!! Got 50 AdSense hits but Google said "no clicks, but here's 4 cents"
November 04, 2008 1:09 PM
California Mom said...
Yep, Google was taken off my sites as well. Ridiculous betrayal of trust here.
November 04, 2008 1:55 PM
* said...
How the hell did Google let radical right-wing ads that bash gays get on my site? There is no content on my site even remotely related to the ads. Google has seriously damaged my relationship with my visitors by publishing such hatred.
I'll be looking for a different ad publisher, one that isn't an enabler of the political lunatic fringe.
November 04, 2008 2:56 PM
Jill Sherman said...
November 04, 2008 3:03 PM
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November 04, 2008 3:11 PM
Jamison said...
Because of this issue, I've permanently block Google's Ad Sense domain servers through my hosts file, which prevents my computer from being able to reach the server when a site contains an adsense ad (instead it directs that link to your own computer, where there's no page to load)
Here are instructions for blocking AdSense in Windows.
This is not for the feint of heart and will block all AdSense everywhere. I wounld't have done this because I know a lot of people making a living with AdSense, but if you help someone try and take away my Constitutional rights with lies then you don't get my business.
November 04, 2008 3:48 PM
Actrazor said...
stop whining. this is no different than allowing comments on a blog. you have to monitor anything that any other entity it posting to your site and remove it if you dont like it. why would adsense be different? google provides a way to remove ads you dont like, just like a blog allows you to remove comments you dont like. google is just making the tools. if you got "yes on 8" ads on your site and didnt remove them its becuase YOU WERE LAZY or tuned-out to the ads that were appearing on your site.
take some responsibility for whats on your own site, people.
November 04, 2008 4:54 PM
Wild Dingo said...
Oh boy, did i ever blow steam myself on seeing a YES on prop 8 ad. I even wrote about how steamming mad i was. http://www.wilddingo.com/2008/11/03/bloody-heck/
Doesn't matter what my political views are, my site does/did not discuss politics (well on the above post it now does) and yet, it ran a political ad that potentially could cost me some customers and clients. Maybe it was a spamer, maybe not. There should have been a political filter in place! Google you violated #6 of your Ten Things Philosophy: you did evil.
November 04, 2008 5:21 PM
google said...
Well I would like to say one thing: whether or not I agree with the political ad displayed on my site, I still don't want the ad on my site! Personally, I voted yes on 8, believe than gays can have their own marriage like title if they want, and that traditional marriage shouldn't be changed. However, I don't want political ads, for or against my views, displayed on my site, period. If political ads are going to be put out, there should be an option allowing one to opt out. I should NOT have constantly monitor my ads all day and block individual ads by filtering domain names! That's just my two cents, take it or leave.
November 04, 2008 6:27 PM
ECO said...
AdSense is off on my site now, and the lack of political filters will keep it off.
It was clearly geotargeted at people with CA locations/IP's.
November 04, 2008 6:33 PM
Talen said...
I live on the east coast and I saw the ads everywhere as well as on my travel related blog.
As for anyone saying turn the filter on...well, first we had to know that Google decided to run non-targeted ads on all of our sites and then when you put the filter on it takes 24-48 hours to remove the ad.
Google better had speak up about this tremendous fail on their part.
November 04, 2008 8:41 PM
Queso said...
We're still waiting for some sort of response as to how it works that Sergey donates money to battle Prop 8 while AdSense spams your customers' sites with yes on 8 ads... is it simply sheer greed?
My site's content has nothing to do with intolerance, bigotry, hatred or eliminating civil rights, so the ads weren't placed there via content matching.
When we have no say in what appears on our own sites, and no ability to filter out messages we find offensive, Google AdSense is holding us hostage via our own sites, and that just ain't good business, dontchaknow.
You all have a lot of explaining to do, yet all we are hearing is silence coming from your quarters. Is all that bigot money blinding you to the need to perform basic customer service?
No more form letters, please, I've received enough. You know how to contact me, I'd like a personal response this time. Until then, my site has no AdSense, either.
November 04, 2008 11:00 PM
rama_ajaa@yahoo.co.id said...
thankss for information
November 05, 2008 7:37 AM
Jason said...
Good work, Google. Your greed no doubt helped this measure pass. I hope you're feeling good about yourself.
In the meantime, I am getting out of the Adsense business. I'll be using Yahoo! as my search engine from now on, too.
November 05, 2008 9:53 AM
Charlotte Lee said...
I have removed Adsense from my website. I cannot believe that this offensive, bigoted, political advertisement was running on my website for who knows how long while I was busy at work. The Proposition has nothing WHATSOEVER to do with the content of my website which is about toy collecting. I no longer trust Adsense or the judgment of people behind it who should know better.
November 05, 2008 11:06 AM
aislingeyebooks said...
Hey Google, are you READING these comments? Don't you CARE?
You MUST fess up to this mistake and take some accountability, here. Ignoring the overwhelming response to your misguided PROP 8 venture is only going to alienate your customers further.
You guys seriously f**ked up, and you know it.
November 06, 2008 12:17 AM
Kadmiel said...
lack of political filters will keep it off.
i agree there should be away to filter things that are against any publishers rulz or there sites content
November 06, 2008 8:25 AM
Random Terrain said...
Yep. We should be able to block words and phrases, not just URLs.
November 06, 2008 11:38 PM
Queso said...
I am **still** waiting for a response as to why you sold us out as customers, and ad space on our sites to hate-filled bigots, for contextual ads which had nothing to do with the content of the sites.
Why are you too afraid to answer us with anything other than form letters and silence?
Google's behavior is despicable, cowardly, unprofessional and detestable. Are you **TRYING** to lose customers? Or just to act as badly as possible? Given up on your mantra of "Don't be evil?"
I still await some form of PERSONAL **not form** answer.
How about you, Sergey, do you have anything to say about this, since you look worst of all here?
We are all waiting...
November 07, 2008 12:07 PM
peterkirn said...
Yeah, I'm with others here. I know this is a hot-button issue. But seriously, we've had now over a week with these concerns out in the open. There's been press in multiple outlets (the story even hit Drudge Report and Perez Hilton, for crying out loud).
I don't even intend to put Google on the defensive, but what exactly does it take to get some sort of explanation? Even as much as how the contextual placements had political ads that were geo-targeted but not keyword specific?
I haven't even seen an *attempt* at an explanation, beyond this cut-and-paste job.
November 07, 2008 3:25 PM
Imelda Matt said...
What's even worse is you're continuing to allow hate filled political ads to appear on my site post election - you need to address why ad's that have no relevancy to my content continue to appear because I'm about to take down my adsense - again!
November 08, 2008 1:52 PM
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November 18, 2008 2:04 AM
Texoma Messianic Fellowship said...
Well...after filling out my application...I find out exactly what I was afraid of....not being able to control the ads that are on my site.
Well, I will be canceling my application to Google ads...
Thanks for the info....
November 20, 2008 9:42 AM
Queso said...
what a sad joke this has turned out to be. i'm finding alternatives to all the google services i used to use, and i am counseling everyone i know, and i know a lot of people on the web, to find alternatives to google now that they have gone evil. it's pretty clear that they have discarded their "Don't be evil" mantra, cozied up to the bigots, took their money, and decided to clam up and hope this would all blow over. Well, guess what, we won't forget, and we won't forgive, either.
You used and abused us, and violated our trust and goodwill, and will never see a penny of *my* money ever again. Sure you can provide me with free services and work your butts off, but I'm gonna block all your ads and cut off your revenue streams. You did a bad thing, google, and you're gonna pay for it, for a looooooooooooong time. Your silence=complicity in this case, it seems.
Oh, by the way, Sergey Brin, how does it feel being the bigots' lapdog, you pathetic sell-out?
November 24, 2008 11:20 AM
deepak said...
I tried a lot for getting high rated ads and some placed but the clicks only costs less than what i expected.
November 28, 2008 4:38 AM
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December 04, 2008 4:36 PM
starrweaver said...
I tried to use the Ad Filter to keep competitive ads from showing on the site I was building.
It was impossible! I keep adding URL after URL and I downloaded that tool to help too.
Then after all this frustration, I decided it wasn't worth all that work and the client decided he didn't want those ads popping up for his competition. So I deleted it all.
The next day I get told my acct is suspended for invalid clicks. I didn't even realize I'd gotten any registered clicks, I was too busy trying to get the competition ads from showing up.
I could care less if they kept the cash I generated - but suspending my acct. for this?
After reading these comments I think I will find other advertising for my site. I think I'm going to go check out Yahoo - I've always prefered them anyway.
I can't believe how arrogant and corrupt google has become. So not only am I taking my business elsewhere, but that's goes for my entire company too. Keep it up Google and soon you won't have any publishers left.
December 07, 2008 6:54 PM
starrweaver said...
Hey Queso!
I agree with you about this whole thing. You would think that there would be a press release or some sort of PR to explain this violation of trust.
I will be checking out Yahoo myself, but if you read this get in touch as I am interested in the alternatives you mentioned that you have found.
Thanks!
December 07, 2008 7:05 PM
Mihail said...
Can you pls making something like stoplist (black list) few ads with always change url and appear again and again - they trying to deceive my visitors.
They also have rude ads like
"Do you know how fool you are?"
December 08, 2008 9:27 PM
raudensah said...
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January 12, 2009 9:41 PM
Jak said...
I find this ad blocking cumbersome and error prone. Some of the errors include accidentally clicking the ad while gathering information.
I believe that this could be simplified by using a proxy while the publisher is logged in. This proxy could annotate the ad with a yes/no, thumbs up/down or other rating link which would record the blocking without the hand parsing or a separate web form.
Given a web service interface, this cold be developed by users using greasemonkey or similar technology.
Thanks,
-jak
January 16, 2009 9:59 AM
Matt said...
In my adsense for feeds I've noticed and gotten comments that ads for Ann Coulter have shown up. There are a couple of points that are obvious to me:
1. Nobody who reads my blogs is going to be clicking on Ann Coulter links. In fact they are more likely to be insulted.
2. If nobody's going to click there's no point in me running them.
3. I started trying to figure out how to block the ads, but its taking hours of my time. Google is providing almost no help in this, except to continually warn me not to click on my ads to find out the urls to block. Thanks Google.
4. I'm a small site, I have gotten just a few clicks anyway, I feel like I'm just providing free advertising to Ann Coulter. That really gets to me.
This is a huge issue really. I've already cut way back on adsense usage preferring to have more control over my ads and what I think people would click on. Adsense doesn't give me that control.
In fact, again my sites are small, but I feel like I'm getting either total loser ads or ads that aren't even intended to be clicked on. They definitely make my site and feeds worse.
May 04, 2009 1:44 PM
HAIN Holiday_Angel said...
I did not sign up for your ads and they interfere with my face book..please take them off..
July 14, 2009 7:46 PM
Arindam Sarkar said...
Hi!
I own a music theory site that deals with all sorts of technical aspects of music. That has become my folly. I am being swamped by ads for cogs, machine parts, lathes, blades, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, and what not! I just cant seem to stop this. All my ad units are swamped with these, leaving space for very few relevant ads. With individualised, filtering, I can't remove them.
Please introduce category filtering.
July 20, 2009 2:28 AM
Arindam Sarkar said...
I have a guitar site - on music theory. Hence it does talk a bit about "nuts and bolts." But to my dismay, I have been getting ads for hardware, saws, heavy machines, cables and even slaughter house equipment! My category filter doesn't have "hardware" to filter out. Please help!
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