Website flagging

  • Last updated on September 16, 2024 at 6:36 AM

Adcash team has recently integrated a blacklist of all known patterns that are associated with the Google Abusive Experience functionality. It automatically scans websites and might flag a domain if an abusive behavior is detected.

  • Our Compliance team performs manual checks of both submitted websites and campaigns' creatives to minimize the risk of all potential violations. Combined with the 24/7 automatic checks, this keeps our network traffic clean. Most websites using our tags should not be flagged as abusive by Google.
  • In case we detect suspicious patterns, we immediately take action by stopping the traffic that might cause any harm (malware, auto-downloaders, etc.).
  • Publishers who wish to avoid being flagged as "abusive" should use our Pop-Under tag exclusively because if our competitors do not use the filters we do, the publisher's website will most likely get flagged.

What can I do if my website is flagged and I need further help?

How is the "Abusive experience" blacklist working?

Every few hours, Google Chrome downloads a list of domains from Google Safe Browsing that are considered to behave in an abusive way.

If a visitor is sent to another domain name (example: via a redirection), then the blacklist does not apply anymore. This blacklist is based on the domain name that is displayed in the address bar. 

In case your website is embedded into another website (for example, chats, players, games, "iframe"), it does not matter if your website is blacklisted or not, as the Adblock will only look in the address bar.

Get your website reviewed

Once your website is blacklisted by Google, go to the Abusive Experience Report page and look for the details that Google has detected. 

You can ask Google to check your website again after correcting any issues that Google detected.

We do our best to comply with Google's rules during the review process so your website can be un-flagged. If you have only installed the Adcash ads tag and your review request is rejected by Google, please let us know.

Find more information on the Better Ads Standards and Google's Abusive Experience pages.

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