View pages without getting page impressions

Possible?

[wesg]

I had Adsense at one point for my website, but soon after my account was disabled. For reasons I'm not entirely sure, but have a faint idea, and now I've submitted my account for a reevaluation. I received an email today from Adsense that says the team has begun to recheck my account.

How can I prevent this from happening again, should I get reinstated? I noticed on the Adsense report that the page impressions did not match up, and my theory is that I would generate page impressions while I checked the website for posts, which are not actual advertising impressions. Can I block the Adsense ads while I refresh the site to check the blog posting?

[greatstart]

Yes, you can block the AdSense ads. If you use Firefox, then get Adblock Plus. If you use Internet Explorer, then get IE7Pro.

[OutdoorWebcams]

Or disable JavaScript when checking your blog (this will result in a hole where the ads should be).

Or set pagead2.googlesyndication.com to 127.0.0.1 on your local hosts file (this will result in a nasty 'page not found' where the ads should be). Honestly, I don't know where to find this file on Windows, but there are some threads about it.

[johnblack]

I noticed on the Adsense report that the page impressions did not match up

I assume you are talking about your adsense reporting, in which case your reporting may or may not add up depending how your channels are set up.

I too would turn JS off if I were worried about extra impressions. Having said that I happily surf my own websites with JS on, to check what ads are displaying if for no other reason.

FWIW I'm pretty sure Google had other issues with your account than extra impressions generated by your own surfing.

JB

Edit: Typo

[jetteroheller]

I use such methods since years.

I insert the ads by an SSI on the server.
The SSI loads a text file with all the ad codes and checks
for IP addresses and special user agent strings.

Some IP addresses and user agent strings see Amazon ads instead of AdSense ads.

At home when I see my pages on my onw harddisk, the SSI is not executed.

A javascript checks for the SSI call and inserts a grey rectangel instead of the ad. So I have at offline development a good visible place holder where the ads would be online.

[piatkow]

I don't bother with anything fancy. My firewall blocks Adsense by default so I just switch ad blocking on or off as required.