Why Can't We Exclude "Domain ads" and "Error page ads"?

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Why Can't We Exclude "Domain ads" and "Error page ads"?

How to exclude domain ads error page ads

JimmyH

10:37 pm on Oct 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

Has anyone figured out how to exclude "Domain ads" and "Error page ads" from Content Network campaigns?

I tried asking Adwords helped but got a non-answer.

I'm shocked that Google even offers these given they are entirely irrelevant and don't convert. This is exactly the type of thing they punish the advertisers for doing – placing ads in irrelevant places.

I've lost several thousand dollars on these two placements alone since reporting was available on June 1.

Would negative keywords help at all?

Thanks to anyone who has any advice!

exmoorbeast

10:34 am on Oct 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Agree, there should be a way to exclude.

Disagree that they don't convert. They just don't convert for you!

Rehan

1:05 pm on Oct 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Here's the thread last time the issue came up:
[webmasterworld.com...]

There's a note from AWA2 there saying that you can contact support for help.

JimmyH

2:02 pm on Oct 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Thank you both for the response!
I'm going to try contacting my rep.

OntarioBucsFan

3:38 am on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

I was searching for the same answer last night and found that thread.
My conversion rate for domain ads and error pages is ZERO.

Time for adwords to let us block that garbage traffic.

bears5122

9:23 am on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

I would assume the reason you can't block them is probably because it is very lucrative for Google.

JBrown

2:31 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

It would be great to be able to block these on a campaign basis. For some campaigns, these pages convert at a decent rate. For others, they are dogs.

netmeg

2:54 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

My understanding was that the ability to block them is "in the works" No ETA was given, though.

PPC_Chris

8:19 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

Are you tracking conversions on these? I've found them to convert at a much higher rate than anything else in the content network.

koncept

10:04 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

I know we've been through this before, but can someone just quickly remind me: are the domain ads and error page ads part of content network or search network?

JBrown

10:16 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

Content

JimmyH

10:42 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

Yes, I've been tracking them and they are a 100% loss for me.

I understand they work well for some people. But if they don't we should have the option to block them.

Has anyone tried excluding domainsponsor.com? If so, has this helped with the problem at all?