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PLEASE GOOGLE - put them back - I use Linux 50% of the time and don't want to install yet another utility on my test box. I want to be able to block the scrapers and competitors as I see them...
Anyone else finding the lack of a url very inconvenient?
how do you know a site is a scraper site without clicking the ad?
Type in the url?
If you view the ad layouts it clearly shows which ads do and don't show URLs.
[google.com...]
Leaderboards don't show URLs, skyscrapers and big boxes do.
Click on the "Ads by Google" link and it will USUALLY show you the links, might have to click it a couple of times to get the right page as Google seems to be rotating a few pages there.
Now go install the AdSense Preview tool like you should've in the first place.
Also, as some of you may have seen mentioned in another recent thread, when creating filters it’s important to make sure you are using the destination URL of the ad you want to block. This can be different from the URL displayed in the ad or the URL of the final page you end up on when you click on an ad.
You might already know this, but if you don’t want to use the AdSense preview tool, you can also find the destination URL of your ads by following the steps under ‘View the link Properties’ on the following site:
[google.com ]
Cheers,
-ASA
Bill: "Now go install the AdSense Preview tool like you should've in the first place."
Hmm - like I said - I don't want more applications on my test system and shouldn't have to install it. Yes - it was discussed as _part_ of another thread - it deserves it's own thread so I created one.
"USUALLY show you the links"
It's getting less usual - took 7 attempts this morning.
ASA: Thanks for the reply - but I use firefox and linux mostly and don't want to fire up a another application or machine in order to block an ad that I can already see - spending time to find these ads adds up... see the problem?
Dutch-Dude: "If you move the mouse over the ad you'll see it in the status bar. "go to example.com" "
In IE only ;)
Visi: Thanks for answering the question.
Google: Please just put it back the way it was... or at least put the functionality that was there one click away... (could be in a hidden div and add a show urls link)
# Right-click on the ad title and select either Copy Shortcut (IE) or Copy Link Location (Netscape).
Thanks - just what I need.
The only reliable way was to right click even before the change.
When you want to ban major 'shopping-comparison-auction-scraper-site.com' which uses 'major-affiliate-network.com' - filtering the 'major-affiliate-network.com' address means that all other programs using that network will be filtered.
Dutch-Dude: "If you move the mouse over the ad you'll see it in the status bar. "go to example.com" "In IE only
I don't see it in safari but it works fine in firefox here .
If you do not see it in firefox you may have disabled (some parts) of javascript. Check your firefox settings under "content". I thought it does not work in firefox before myself :) I then discovered it was because i disallowed javascript in firefox to change the statusbar.
