Competitive filter getting slower?

Or is it just me?

[farmboy]

I seem to recall that in the past when I added a URL to the competitive filter, the ad would disappear almost immediately - from my view anyway.

Now it seems the ads stay around for hours after adding to the filter. Anyone else noticed this?

FarmBoy

[greatstart]

I noticed it can take up to 48 hours to take affect. :(

Too bad it cannot be faster. I just cleaned out my filter and started over again adding new URLs. I hope this takes affect by the 1st of March, since I had way too many MFAs in February, which caused a very low eCPM for the month.

[jomaxx]

It's always been hours. (A few; it's not supposed to take 48 of them.)

[mzanzig]

When I was checking and populating the filter every day, I noticed that changes to the filter where effective the next day. Of course, it could also be 12 hours, with me not noticing, but the next day they were gone.

[joelgreen]

IMO "time to wait" depends on the country/server. AdSense ads are served from different servers. You still seeing ads does not mean others also see them. Think it is more like toolbar pr update, server by server, country by country.