There are a number of small issues that publishers face while using the Adsense account, such as ‘how do i know what ads are going to appear on my web pages?’ or ‘How can I check what sites these ads lead to?’ or ‘How can I stop certain ads from appearing?’ These are all valid concerns, and in order appear on your sites as well as to leverage from all available features, it’s important that publishers are well aware and educated on the Adsense product.
The best way to be tuned in to all new product/feature launches is to visit our Help Center and Adsense blog regularly (Day 8). Today, we’ve listed out some of the cool and useful features of Ads ense which will help you further customize the ads that appear on your pages.
Competitive Ad Filter Tool
Although Google Ads are highly targeted, there may be occasions when you don’t want to display particular advertisements - your competitor’s ads, for example.
The Competitive Ad Filter works by blocking ads that link to specific URLs. For example, if you add example.com to the filter list, all URLs (including example.com/page/article) containing example.com will be blocked.
This is available under the ‘Adsense Setup’ tab in your account, and up to 500 URLs can be blocked.
While filtering is a quick and easy way to prevent unwanted ads from being displayed, keep in mind that filtering decreases the number of ads that can appear, thereby decreasing your potential earnings as well. Also, try filtering just the exact destination URL of the ad and not the top-level domain.
Ad Review Center
The Ad review Center is a tool within our account that enables you to review placement-targeted ads that may appear on your pages. You can allow or block individual ad groups and advertisers, as well as filter ads by type: text or image.
In order to opt-in to the Ad Review Center, visit the ‘Competitive Ad Filter’ page ‘Adsense Setup’ tab.
Category Filtering
Category Filtering allows you to block ads from certain categories from appearing on your site. Gogole’s system classifies ads automatically and is currently support filtering for english ads, regardless of the language of the site. Ads can be blocked for 5 categories.
Ad Preview Tool
This allows you to preview the ads that may show on any webpage. With just a few clicks, you can see what ads may appear on your new webpages, or make an educated decision on adding Adsnse to your sites.
You can also use this feature to check the destination of ads that are on your pages (to include in the filter tool), preview colors on your page, view sample ad formats as well as select geo-targeted location to view ads that your sites visitor’s from other locations see.
Author Bio - Stuti Sabharwal is an CEO of Corporate Web Technologies. Corporate Web Technologies is India's Top Growing search engine optimization and website design company based at Delhi.