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Google AdSense is a viable way of making money online.
Yes it does take work, and yes you do need website visitors before it starts to pay, but it’s a source of income from your content.
That being said, if you’re scaring your visitors away because you have an advert that is completely irrelevant to your content, then you won’t see the best results from your AdSense adverts.
This article will show you how to disable specific categories of adverts, and how to remove individual AdSense ads.
Leaving all of the advert categories open will allow you to see which adverts your visitors are clicking and which ones are not being displayed at all.
As you are limited to blocking 50 categories, there isn’t any point blocking an advert if it never displays.
That’s just wasteful!
So before you start removing categories, make sure you leave your adverts running for at least a week so you have an understanding of what is showing up, which categories are being clicked on, and those that aren’t.
You will then see additional links at the top of the page.
First, I recommend you go into the ‘Sensitive categories’ tab and block those if you don’t think they are appropriate for your audience.
These sensitive categories do not count towards your 50 category block limit, so feel free to block them all should you wish.
Once you are finished there, head into the ‘General categories’ tab.
Each of the categories listed here are top level categories, that means they have multiple levels of sub categories too.
So make sure you click into each category (click the name) and block individual sub categories instead of the entire top level.
If you were to block all of ‘Finance’, you would have wasted 44 of your 50 categories, so make sure you dive into specific sub categories and block those individually.
You can then go into the remaining tabs and work through those. I won’t go into these as sorting your categories should be enough to display appropriate adverts on your website.
Remember: Let your adverts run for a while without restrictions so you can identify which categories you don’t need to block as they never appear.
You may need to opt-in to this section, but once you are in, you can view the individual adverts that have appeared on your website.
If you hover over each of the adverts, you can click the ‘Block’ button to stop that individual advert from appearing on your website again.
If you click the down arrow next to the ‘Block’ button, you can block any adverts from that provider.
Nice and simple.
Do you use AdSense on your website? Let me know in the comments below.
Yes it does take work, and yes you do need website visitors before it starts to pay, but it’s a source of income from your content.
That being said, if you’re scaring your visitors away because you have an advert that is completely irrelevant to your content, then you won’t see the best results from your AdSense adverts.
This article will show you how to disable specific categories of adverts, and how to remove individual AdSense ads.
How to determine if an advert category will be appropriate for your website
I’m a believer that testing everything is the way forward, so before you jump in and disable as many categories as Google will allow, let’s take a step back.Leaving all of the advert categories open will allow you to see which adverts your visitors are clicking and which ones are not being displayed at all.
As you are limited to blocking 50 categories, there isn’t any point blocking an advert if it never displays.
That’s just wasteful!
So before you start removing categories, make sure you leave your adverts running for at least a week so you have an understanding of what is showing up, which categories are being clicked on, and those that aren’t.
Removing AdSense categories
To remove ads, you first need to sign into AdSense, and then click ‘Allow & Block ads’.You will then see additional links at the top of the page.
First, I recommend you go into the ‘Sensitive categories’ tab and block those if you don’t think they are appropriate for your audience.
These sensitive categories do not count towards your 50 category block limit, so feel free to block them all should you wish.
Once you are finished there, head into the ‘General categories’ tab.
Each of the categories listed here are top level categories, that means they have multiple levels of sub categories too.
So make sure you click into each category (click the name) and block individual sub categories instead of the entire top level.
If you were to block all of ‘Finance’, you would have wasted 44 of your 50 categories, so make sure you dive into specific sub categories and block those individually.
You can then go into the remaining tabs and work through those. I won’t go into these as sorting your categories should be enough to display appropriate adverts on your website.
Remember: Let your adverts run for a while without restrictions so you can identify which categories you don’t need to block as they never appear.
Removing specific Google AdSense ads
Once your adverts have been running for a while, you will be able to go into ‘Ads (Ad review center)’ tab within ‘Allow & block ads’.You may need to opt-in to this section, but once you are in, you can view the individual adverts that have appeared on your website.
If you hover over each of the adverts, you can click the ‘Block’ button to stop that individual advert from appearing on your website again.
If you click the down arrow next to the ‘Block’ button, you can block any adverts from that provider.
Nice and simple.
Do you use AdSense on your website? Let me know in the comments below.
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