GEORGE SCOTT 619-792-7153
  • HOME
  • Adwords Q&A
  • Work Diary
    • 2020-21 Work
    • 2018-19 Work
    • 2016-17 Work
    • 2013-14 Work
  • WEBSITES
  • HUMOR

Blocked an IP - Still see ads

3/1/2017

 
Question:
​

I am having an issue. I went to "Campaigns -> Networks -> Exclusions -> Manage IP Address exclusions (advanced)", and I entered in my computer's IP Address. I used * in the fourth set of numbers in order to block out the whole area in case my computer changes IP Address. However, immediately after creating that exclusion, I google a keyword and saw my ad.

Why isn't it being blocked? Is my computer changing IP Addresses? If I did this for another IP Address , would it work? Does it take time for the change to take effect?


Answer:

I have performed an experiment myself.

  • Excluded my IP as described here: http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=61493, after I checked it with whatsmyip.org.
  • One minute later, the ad was still showing
  • 45 minutes later, the ad was no longer showing, on the Search Network (that's where I can test)
  • In the Ad Preview, however, the ad is still showing, as it ignores IP exclusion (which means that if you want to spy on your competition, you have to use the tool, not regular searches where they may block your IP).
    ​
Picture

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014

    Categories

    All
    Adwords Remarketing
    Bidding
    Broad Match
    Call Conversions
    Disallow
    Display Ads
    Duplicate Keywords
    Holiday Ads
    Income Targeting
    Increase Traffic
    Keyword Planning
    Keyword Research
    Keywords
    Location Targeting
    Match Types
    Multi-channel Funnels
    Negative Match
    Nofollow
    Noindex
    Quality Score
    Remarketing Tags
    Reporting
    Segmentation
    Single Keyword Ad Group
    Skag
    Targeting Operating System
    Video Targeting

San Diego Easy Traffic School | San Diego Small Business Insurance | Traffic School Online | Finish Traffic School Today | Lucky Traffic School
  • HOME
  • Adwords Q&A
  • Work Diary
    • 2020-21 Work
    • 2018-19 Work
    • 2016-17 Work
    • 2013-14 Work
  • WEBSITES
  • HUMOR