Can you block your own ip from the stats?

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  1. #1
    considering self-clicks dont count, shouldnt self-impressions be the same?
     
    rlynch, Mar 1, 2006 IP
  2. pixads

    pixads Well-Known Member

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    #2
    I emailed google about that and they say No

    Edit: hmm was I asleep in the morning - added "I emailed"
     
    pixads, Mar 1, 2006 IP
  3. Brad Callen

    Brad Callen Peon

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    #3
    They really should add this in as an option. It would stop alot of webmasters from worrying about it.

    Either that or adopt Yahoo's policy on it. "We dont mind, we just filter out the clicks at the end of the month."

    Brad
     
    Brad Callen, Mar 2, 2006 IP
  4. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    #4
    You could always block ads not being shown to your IP on the server (or client) side.
     
    dct, Mar 2, 2006 IP
  5. fsmedia

    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    there's a way around it....but it's not too happy-happy with the TOS, so I wouldn't do it. There are people that use PHP to do if((yourIP){ google_adtest = "on" } else { google_adtest = "off" } or something of that nature, but that's modifying the code so you're not "allowed" to do it.
     
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  6. exam

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    #6
    Open up your hosts file and add the line:
    googlesyndication.com 0.0.0.0
     
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  7. fsmedia

    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    Good call, hadn't thought of that. Good tip. rep++
     
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  8. poseidon

    poseidon Banned

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    #8
    where "host" file do I have to edit it ? please can some one explain this ? :(
     
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  9. exam

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    #9
    The file is "hosts" and your windows explorer has a built-in search function. :) (on Win2000 it's C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)

    BTW, I had the order wrong, it would be the IP first then the hostname
    127.0.0.1 googlesyndication.com
     
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  10. Shadow

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    I'm not a big fan of the hosts-trick. I'd like to see what ads are showing.

    Anyway, I always go to the AdSense console before visiting any of my sites with ads. This way I'm sure Google knows it was me who went to my site :p
     
    Shadow, Mar 2, 2006 IP