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  • Disable Google Ads on One Page

    Disable Google Ads on One Page

    After my adventures with Google telling me I was hosting adult content (again, this is actually my third go-round with them), I’m here to inform you that you can now block Google Ads on one page only.

    Add a URL Channel

    First you have to tell Google what your URLs are that you want to treat differently. For that, we’ll use a URL channel which you can find at My Ads > Content > URL Channels. Now, you only get 500 of these, which means you can only flag 500 unique URLs as … well … unique.

    Add a new URL channel - It gives you some examples, but basically forget using wildcards.

    You may notice, no wildcards. So I can add halfelf.org/2012/legitimate-porn-plugins/ but not halfelf.org/.*/.*[porn].*/ which would be pretty cool. Once you’ve added your URL, you’ll see it like this:

    URL channel in place, it's basically a list of all the URLs you treat special. Nothing fancy.

    Edit Ad Settings

    I’m using Auto Ads because I’m incurably lazy, as my friend Syed knows. So I go to My Ads > Auto Ads, but if you were using specific units, you’d go to My Ads > Ad Units. There you go to the Advanced URL Settings section and click on the add button for a new URL Group.

    Advanced settings, there's a button for "New URL Group" and nothing else explanatory.

    This brings you to a page where you can select the URLs for this group. 

    A massive list of all URLs. This could get messy, Google. Thanks.

    When you’ve picked all your URLs (and yes you can add more later), click next and you’ll get a list of all the possible ad units. Uncheck them all. That’s the point of this, right? Finally you’ll review the group and give it a name. I picked “No Ads” since that’s what this was.

    Review the group, come up with a name, make sure the URLs are correct.

    Annoyances

    1. You have to add in each URL one at a time
    2. There’s no wildcards or regex
    3. You only get 500 urls
    4. You still can’t talk to a human

    All in all, it’s another day with Google.