The Ad Review Centre lets you review and take action on individual ads that have appeared on your pages. This article describes how to use the Ad Review Centre to review ads and block ads and, if you change your mind, undo changes.
Review ads
In the Ad Review Centre, make sure that the Status filter is set to 'Allowed'. You now have a list of the unreviewed ads that have appeared on your site in the last 30 days. Remember that ads must have received at least a small number of impressions to be eligible for review.
You can choose to sort your unreviewed ads in different ways. Click Sort by and select an option:
- Most impressions: Ads are ranked according to the number of impressions that they've received. Using this option means that the ads you review first are the ads that have appeared most often. Note that very recent impressions may take some time to be reflected in the ordering.
- Prioritised for review: Ads are prioritised based on potentially sensitive content or because we predict that they might have a high number of impressions in the future. Using this option means that you review the most important ads first.
- Highest revenue: Ads are ranked according to the revenue they've received. Using this option means that the ads you review first are the ads that have the highest revenue.
Review the ads on the page. Check the number of impressions for each ad to understand what the impact of blocking it might be.
You can also click an ad to view more details about it. In the ad detail view you can view a full size preview of the ad and information such as its size, type, destination URL, Google Ads account, etc. Learn more about reviewing ads in the detail view.
Mark ads as reviewed
If you're happy for an ad to continue showing on your pages, you can mark it as reviewed. The ad's reviewed status changes to 'Reviewed', so you won't need to review it again.
To mark an individual ad as reviewed:
- Hover over the ad and click More
Mark as reviewed.
Mark as reviewed.To mark a page of ads as reviewed:
- Check Select all, then click Mark as reviewed.
Block ads
If you don't want an ad to appear on your pages again, you can block it. When you block an ad its status changes to 'Blocked'.
To block an ad:
- Hover over the ad and click Block ad
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.To block a page of ads:
- Check Select all, and then click Block
- Review the number of ads, estimated revenue and impressions information to understand the impact of blocking the ads.
- (Optional) Tick the box if you also want to report these ads for violating one or more Google Ads policies.
- Click Block ads.
Updates that you make to ads should take effect on your pages within a few hours.
- Ads are blocked by creative ID. When you block an ad, all variations of the ad that have the same creative ID are also blocked.
- To save you time searching for other identical ads to block, the Ad Review Centre automatically tries to block identical-looking ads whenever you block an ad.
Undo changes
After you've taken action on an ad, you can immediately click Undo. You can also undo your changes later.
To allow an ad that you've blocked:
- Set the Status filter to 'Blocked' to get a list of ads that you've blocked. Find the ad that you want to allow, and then click Allow ad
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To allow a page of blocked ads:
- Set the Status filter to 'Blocked' to get a list of ads that you've blocked. Check Select all, and then click Allow
Updates to ads that you've acted on in the past may take up to a day to take effect on your pages.
