If you use Google AdSense on your movie website, have you ever seen Google AdSense ads on it that have nothing to do with the film industry e.g. car, health-care, vacationing ads, etc.? I have so I decided to do something about it. I knew there was a way to block certain advertisements within Google AdSense, it just took a little digging to find it. It’s called the Competitive Ad Filter. Here is how to find it within Google AdSense and how I used it:
1.) I logged into Google AdSense.
2.) Once I was in my Google AdSense Overview page, I clicked AdSense Setup.
3.) Over on the right I clicked Competitive Ad Filter.
4.) Once I was on the Competitive Ad Filter page, I saw AdSense for Content: AdSense for Content filters and a empty box. This is where you plug in all of the URLs for the companies and products you do not want showing on your movie website.
5.) Once I was there, I placed the following URLs into the box:
allstate.com
amu.apus.edu
att.com
bmw.com
caesary.net
capitalone.com
care.com
chooselcdccollege.com
cleanandclear.com
closeoutcctv.com
curves.com
discover.com
dodge.com
dominos.com
fingerhut.com
ford.com
g.caesary.net
geico.com
groupon.com
iwon.com
johnfrieda.com
kayak.com
koncamlnolta.com
livingsocial.com
mybrainssolutions.com
nextag.com
orkin.com
overstock.com
pagerage.com
phoenix.edu
progressive.com
quibids.com
redken.com
shopathome.com
stylelist.com
targetfocustraining.com
thinkstockphotos.com
toyota.com
6.) I clicked Save Changes
After about three weeks, my Google AdSense profits had dropped significantly. Without other data to the contrary, it seems people were clicking those non-movie ads. I thought that by blocking the non-film related ads, I would increase the number of film ads on my website and increase the number of daily clicks I received as a consequence. I was mistaken.
The ads must greatly effected Competitive Ad Filter were the 350×200 ads. If you have read: Google AdSense 300×250 Ads are a Movie Website’s Best Friend, you know how important these ads can be to the revenue of a film website. The 486×60 text ads I use were not effected by the filtering. The filtered companies seemed to advertise more with the bigger ads – e.g. 300×250 ads – than the smaller ones.
Maybe I blocked the ads during a low period in film studio advertising through Google AdSense via 300×250 ads which is why more of them did not show up during my blocking initiative. That is a possibility. The drop may also be attributed to the type of movie coverage on my movie website. That is a possibility as well.
After profits did not increase but decreased, I deleted the blocked URLs from the Competitive Ad Filter. Daily profits have not increased back to where they were because of another factor (content Google AdSense does not advertise on) but they have somewhat improved. I will experiment more with the Competitive Ad Filter in the future and let you know.
That was my most recent Google AdSense adventure. What’s yours? Do you use Google AdSense? What has been your experience with blocking Google AdSense Ads through Google’s Competitive Ad Filter? Share below.
