Cannot block example.com

[Lame_Wolf]

I was checking the ARC when I spotted an advert that was pointing to example.com - That really is the address. I am not using it as an example. Why on earth anyone would want to do that, and surprised that Google allowed it.

Anyway, although I have blocked that advert as well as the account, I cannot block it under the "Advertiser URLs" section.

[netmeg]

It was probably a test ad that the advertiser forgot to finish or delete. Happens all the time.

[Lame_Wolf]

If that's the case, then it either...
1: shouldn't be able to go live
2: should be able to block.

[netmeg]

You probably can block it with the Publisher Toolbar extension for Chrome, but then.. you'd have to use Chrome and I remember you as an IE man.

[not2easy]

Might be because example.com is not a real domain, cannot be owned by anyone. It is used for testing, setups and anonymous "example" URLs as it is used in these forums. It would appear to be an incomplete test setup of a new campaign (?) that went live too soon.

[Lame_Wolf]

I know exactly what example.com is, and that it cannot be owned. However, it should not be allowed to go live. If Google has set it up where we cannot block it, then it should be the similar to the advertisers whereas they cannot go live with it.

It was also marked as a high showing advert - which could explain lower earnings on that account.

Netmeg, I do use IE (and WebmasterWorld looks crap with IE8,) but it was noticed in Firefox. As for Chrome, I won't use it.

[netmeg]

I figured.

[Lame_Wolf]

What has that got to do with amything? IE had nothing to do with it.

[netmeg]

There's an extension for Chrome (put out by Google) that lets you easily block ads on your own site. But it only works on Chrome. That's all.

[lucy24]

But this isn't really a case for "out of sight, out of mind" is it? One would prefer that the ad didn't exist in the first place. If nothing else, it's taking up real estate that might otherwise be occupied by something that didn't point to example.com