AdSense Keyword Filter

Discussion in 'Keywords' started by Such Great Heights, Jun 15, 2004.

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    I would think this has been covered before but I don't see it here.

    I want to block keywords, not URLs. :D
    I have a vegan oriented site and I mention beef, or cows, and organic, and the AdSense ads that show up are for organic buffalo meat, or freeze dried meat, which I don't want to support. I do like the eating raw, or organic vegetable ads.

    I want to block ads that show up because of certain keywords, like beef, or chicken, etc.

    This waiting around for the URL filter to kick in, then finding another ad I don't want and blocking that is kind of rediculous. Then some other ad with another URL will just show up.

    Has anyone found a way to do this?
    Can you put a keyword in the URL filter and have that work?
    ... nope I just tried, it says you need a top level domain with a .com or .net, or the like, at the end.

    Any suggestions?

    - Sean
     
    Such Great Heights, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    I've never heard of a way to block by keyword, only URL.
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  3. disgust

    disgust Guest

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    #3
    they don't support this right now.

    you could email them and let them know you'd appreciate if it's added as a feature in the future though.. never know what could happen.
     
    disgust, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  4. compar

    compar Peon

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    #4
    The side issue here is Googles ability to measure relevance from semantic analysis of the site. Many people are convinced that you need backlinks from relevant pages, but in your case here is a page that is virtually saying "meat will kill you" and Google thinks it's themeatically relevant to selling meat.

    So much for the ability to do topical or thematic analyis.
     
    compar, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  5. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

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    Exactly.
    I understand how Google might think I want to advertise organic buffalo because I mention organic foods, but this not being able to block keywords seems like a big issue.

    What if you site was anti-blue widgets?
    Would AdSense want to show ads for some "Awesome new Blue-Widget."

    Either way, I will write to AdSense, when I get the time. Couple days or so. :p

    Thanks for the insight. :D
    I hope they add this feature later down the line, if not sooner.
     
    Such Great Heights, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  6. Bernard

    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    Option 1 - Remove AdSense from the page(s)

    Option 2 - Do some "reverse SEO" on the meat/offending keyword(s). Replace the them with "muscle" or something.
     
    Bernard, Jun 15, 2004 IP
  7. vord

    vord Peon

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    A little trick I've found is to link to pages that cover the topics that you want your adsense to cover. Link to those pages pretty close in the source code to where the adsense is. On my sites this works well.

    :eek:
     
    vord, Jun 16, 2004 IP
  8. syedwasi87

    syedwasi87 Active Member

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    good idea vord!
     
    syedwasi87, Aug 21, 2005 IP