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7 days ago
Google AdSense introduced a traffic source breakdown report to help users understand where their visitors come from. It divides traffic into direct traffic and traffic from popular platforms like search engines and social media. This feature is available for reports from July 21, 2025, but is fully compatible only with AdSense for Content, with limited support for AdSense for Search.
9 days ago
Google is discontinuing session-related metrics in AdSense, including "Ad sessions" and "Ad session RPM." For detailed session data and user behavior analysis, users should switch to Google Analytics, which offers extensive metrics and insights. Linking Google Analytics 4 with AdSense is recommended for better audience and traffic understanding.
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3 months ago
Google AdSense has added new universal opt-out mechanisms and privacy controls to comply with laws in several US states. States including Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Texas, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Maryland have provisions requiring Global Privacy Control signals to opt users out of ad targeting, data sale, or sharing. Google will receive these signals and trigger restricted data processing mode for affected ad requests.
4 months ago
Google AdSense will remove its additional ad technology vendors opt-out control in two phases starting June 2025. The control is labeled 'Deprecated' on June 2 and removed by July 7. Google says it is obsolete and no longer provides useful privacy or brand safety functions. Publishers need not act, and other blocking controls remain. Google recommends using consent management platforms for regulatory compliance. This streamlines AdSense controls.
4 months ago
Google added a setting for AdSense publishers to choose anchor ad positions with options for top, bottom, or both. Side rail ads can be placed on the left, right, or both sides. These settings offer more control over overlay ad formats in Auto ads but won't override custom code disabling top anchor ads. Publishers can select positions via their AdSense account under Auto ads settings and apply changes to their sites.
4 months ago
Google Adsense has deprecated account-level control for non-personalised ads in Privacy & messaging. The option to choose ad types has been removed from European message settings. Publishers are encouraged to use the IAB TCF framework for user consent in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland. AdSense asynchronous ad tags allow serving personalised or non-personalised ads per page.
4 months ago
Google AdSense has enhanced the Auto optimize feature, allowing site-level configuration. Users can manage settings on the Ads page, with existing configurations applied to all sites. A checkbox for automatically applying experiment winners has been added, along with a column for monitoring Auto optimize status. New sites will have Auto optimize enabled by default. AFS publishers can find their settings on a new page linked from the Experiments section.
5 months ago
Google AdSense will remove the "Video Games (Casual & Online)" sensitive category from Blocking controls on May 15, 2025, preventing users from blocking ads from video games using this category. Existing blocks will be marked as "Deprecated" and will no longer apply after June 15, 2025. Users can still block ads through general categories like "Video Games, Consoles & Accessories." It is recommended to review and update existing blocks to maintain brand safety.
5 months ago
Google AdSense has updated its Policy center by adding three new issue labels: policy issue, regulatory issue, and advertiser preference, along with new filters. These updates aim to help users understand and resolve issues more effectively. Changes include replacing the "Must fix" label, enhancing filtering options, updating the "Issue details" page, and allowing users to contest incorrect issue labels.
