@CommandDork I have 750 listed in Adsense. Are you saying 250 of the 750 are ignored? Which ones?

There is supposed to be a limit according the below url. Strange that there would be no error message if you try to put in more.

[support.google.com...]

@NickMNS if only the learn more button was clickable :D

Would it be a good idea to block Facebook ads? Sign up for profile ones.

Our page RPM for the last seven days is up 31 percent over the previous week, and CPC is up 27 percent.

BUT....I've cut back sharply on our number of pages with AdSense ads since the Ad Balancer stopped working, so our sample is much smaller than it used to be. AdSense is very much a side dish in our revenue stream at this point, and that won't change until and unless the Ad Balancer returns to life.

I thought things will become better as I changed the placements. The CPC, RPM dropped after the changes. It's been around 6 hours since I made the changes. I should revert back or wait more time?

Looks like stat delayed , anyone else ?

Looks like delayed stats here, too, or it could just be one of those days.

Stats look delayed for me too.

@NickMNS where in the ad review section can I block an adwords account as I see in the screen grab you posted. I've gone through the options and don't see it. Thanks!

@Nubchai Just beside the block button, there is a option to block the adword account. Click the down arrow/toggle.

No stats delayed here, and having a monster good day.

Ok, I'll say it. I think posting all these advertiser URLs is against WebmasterWorld charter/TOS. I don't think they belong here. They may be all spammy, but it's subjective at best, and if I were an advertiser, I'd be pretty pissed. Not my call (this is why I don't mod anything here) but in my opinion it's wrong.

No specifics please. That includes screenshots, links to blacklists and whatnot. Too much possibility for someone to slip their competitors into the blacklist or pay to have their competitors put in. So please don't do that, be nice (to the mods). Thanks. :)

RPM continues to drop. Currently at about 30% of my average. My best site has dropped down to 25% of its average. Traffic is up, engagement with other forms of monetization is up.

Things is the effects of the non clickable ads have been minimal for me. So this is unrelated, thought the trouble started on the 8th like with everyone else.

Same here, @Kegnum.

I had a very very bad day yesterday (16th August). This is really pathetic now :(

@NickMNS

I've never gone beyond the 500 limit - so I don't know what becomes of them if your list has more.

At the bottom-right of my Allow & Block Ads page it says: "### blocked URLs (limit of 500)". I'm assuming everyone is given a 500 url limit(?).

@Mayank thank you very much!

I've been following this thread closely, and have had a lot of the same kind of experiences that others are reporting.

As I go through the Ad Review Center - I am finding non-clickable ads in the Rich Media Ads filter, but there is something else very strange and very alarming that I am seeing:

If I filter by Ad Type: Image -- *none* of these ads are clickable.

This includes everything from the Big Green Download button to big national brand ads.

Am I missing something here - or is Adsense totally fubar?

This is the first time I have every used the Ad Review Center; surely - all ads, even Image Ads are meant to be clickable - right?

I'm not sure that CPM ads have to be clickable, but CPC and CPE ads should be. I have never seen any of the ads that have been posted here on my site, and I peruse it daily. I do block ad blocker ads.

@CommandDork
This is what it says on my screen:

752 blocked URLs (limit of 500)

LoL

Anyone have any idea how the limit works? FIFO or First 500 in lexical order or something else?

@MayankPramar

Would it be a good idea to block Facebook ads?

I assume that the facebook ads are bottom fishing along with the spammers, so blocking them will simply free up inventory for more spam.

Not having too bad a day. Still got quite a few hours left.

Page RPM seems change, at the moment it's £2.39

Page CTR is the highest I have ever seen it at 2.24%

Another bad start. It's been a week and things are as it is, no recovery. Giving up on expectations for this month now, I assume August sucks.

@Mentat FYI The mighty moderator martinibuster did not want us to put lists/specifics in this thread. :D

"No specifics please. That includes screenshots, links to blacklists and whatnot. Too much possibility for someone to slip their competitors into the blacklist or pay to have their competitors put in. So please don't do that, be nice (to the mods). Thanks. :)"

Omg, 8th August is repeating today.

Writing to AdSense support team now.

@MayankParmar no issues over here. We had another really good day. Infact we had a really good week. Might not be as strong as the first few days after they banned/fixed whatever they did. But it has been more than okay since then.

@Maximum44 Ah, strange then. May be something is wrong with my AdSense? Otherwise, why would the earnings drop after 8th August.

Exactly same CPC as I had on 8th August. What the hell is happening with me :(

I implemented DFP First Look for AdX on last Friday and since then the CPC dropped and it is stable with that numbers.

Is this why earnings dropped for me? Last Wed, Thurs were very good and even before except 8th August, it was good. So probably first look is the culprit?

You're not only affected after the August 8th, I'm also seeing 70% drop in my Earning. This month is going too much worse but don't worry one day the earning will come back to normal.