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(That's why I suggested to fix the filter, among other things, before actively asking for new features.)
ASA
It's the big ones that seem to be causing the problems here too- and a weightloss that displays a different url than the target url in the preview tool.
Yep, and still not fixed as of 19th dec :(
yes ASA, I have. And with big names too.
Interesting article over at Silicon Alley Insider [alleyinsider.com] that mentions the Top 25 US advertisers for each of the three big players. I don't know how credible that list is, but I do know that a couple of those names listed under Google appear to be immune to filtering (at least for us). I could imagine that ad spendings influence whether a site can be filtered or not.
I've put them (hopefully) in the filter. If we can't get rid of them, our next step is to remove all image ads.
It's sad what google has done to itself.
I'm with coach. This is pretty sad.
I am surprised the ASA has become quiet over this.
Probably he got an explanation for this "bug" that he can't share here with us. (Probably along the lines of: "We know, we know. You see, that's the way it was designed. Geez, these guys spend millions of Dollars every month with us, so we can't fool around with them. They want to be seen - they pay for it. We do not care about their quality or what webmasters think. We want their money. Got it?")
I think the "loop holes" some of us think exist that let some advertisers slip through are most likely related to site targeted campaigns (more specifically category targeted campaigns) that are out of the control of the publisher.
I think the "loop holes" some of us think exist that let some advertisers slip through are most likely related to site targeted campaigns
It's not a case of us thinking it exists. It DOES exist. Nothing to do with site targetted campaigns either. These are all "big boy" sites that were filtered out, but are now bypassing filters.
Yes, I have the same problem. I'd also still like to know how this person was able to target every keyword.
We've been looking into it, but I haven't provided updates because I've been out of the country. I apologize for not giving you all a heads up.
I'm going to message a few of you privately to get more specifics if you don't mind providing them (for troubleshooting use only) so we can determine if there is an issue on our end.
One quick question for all of you: what method are you using to determine the destination URLs you're adding to your filter?
Sorry again,
ASA
I hack out all the encoded stuff on the left of the URL, then remove anything to the right that comes after the destination URL.
Each one is different, especially the URLs that lead to ad servers. And it's this kind of URL that is, in my experience, the worst offender. These URLs usually have both my URL, the URL of the final destination, AND the URL of the ad server. And it takes time to check all of this out.
Is anyone else having this specific problem?
Oh yes. I have had it happen to me off and on for q very long time
One quick question for all of you: what method are you using to determine the destination URLs you're adding to your filter?
In the past:
1. Free Proxy webserver to target a region via my browser (not cgi if I can help it) - then copy and pasting adsense code into 'text-edit' (mac) and isolationg the destination landing page or redirect url.
2. Google's Preview Tool - Which I find has some limited use in displaying what appears - however as I do not use a Windows PC very often, as I find it's limited cross platform application very restrictive.
3. Formerly used an online tool at googelock- dot-com but I think it's now broken. Worked very well for a while.
It's the big ones that seem to be causing the problems here too
Could it be that they are exempt from being filtered?
1. Google's Preview Tool which doesn't catch everything.
2. Right click on an adblock, select view source and search for "adurl". The real URL is found right after that and can be stripped down to just example.com for the filter.
