How to Opt out of Google Adsense Interest Based Advertising

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I suppose you all are aware of Google Adsense rolling out new interest based advertising. Interest-based advertising will allow advertisers to show ads based on a user’s previous interactions with them, such as visits to advertiser website and also to reach users based on their interests (e.g. “sports enthusiast”).

Currently Interest based advertising is in beta stage and only selected Adsense publishers and Youtube.com displaying this Interest based ads. At this stage it’s difficult to say how this will affect our earnings.

You need to closely track your earnings once your blog/website starts serving Interest based Adsense ads and if you notice any significant decline in your earning then disable Adsense interest based advertising. Here is how you can opt out of interest-based advertising for your site.

How to Disable/Opt out of Adsense Interest Based (Ads) Advertising

1. Sign in to your AdSense account.

2. Visit your My Account tab.

3. Go to the Account Settings page.

4. In the Interest-based Ads Preference section, click edit.

5. Select the button marked Do not show ads based on user interest categories and save your changes.

Please keep in mind that by opting out, you’ll decrease the number of ads competing to appear on your website, which may decrease your potential earnings.

Please Note: - You need to change your Blog/website privacy policy to include Interest based Advertising on or before 8^th April 2009. Read here for sample Adsense Privay Policy