Method to find & block MFA\Competitors without the AdSense Preview Tool

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by astup1didiot, Feb 6, 2008.

  1. #1
    Sorry about the double post, I messed the title up bad!

    I was messing around on one of my sites today trying to filter out some MFA sites from my AdSense ads, I was using the Ad Preview Tool which can be a pain in the ass to find the correct ads sometimes.

    I thought to myself, there has to be a faster better method that doesn't involve clicking the ad or using the AdSense Preview tool, and I found one.


    How to do it....

    1. Put your cursor over the clickable text in your adsense unit.

    2. Right click and go to properties.

    3. You'll see in "Address URL" something like http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa.

    4. Start to highlight this and drag down, you'll then want to copy this and paste it in a notepad file or something.

    5. You should see something like this below....

    You'll see I bolded the REAL url the clickable text in the adsense unit goes to, this works on all contexual adsense units and ALWAYS has the URL in it. I figured I'd share this with you guys.
     
    astup1didiot, Feb 6, 2008 IP
  2. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    Geez, thought I get some response out of someone regarding this! :D
     
    astup1didiot, Feb 7, 2008 IP
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    windtalker Well-Known Member

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    I knew about this for a long time...:p
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    Really? I never seen anyone mention this when they ask about how to block\remove certain adsense ads, people always point the the adsense preview tool. Hmmm, waste of thread space i guess.
     
    astup1didiot, Feb 7, 2008 IP
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    emoneyclub Peon

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    I'm sure it will help someone out :D
     
    emoneyclub, Feb 7, 2008 IP
  6. bigrollerdave

    bigrollerdave Well-Known Member

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    I just always put a 250x250 ad block up and it shows the url directly on the ad block. Your way seems useful though too.
     
    bigrollerdave, Feb 7, 2008 IP