Or how to exclude member group (s).

I saw the thread that discussed this with Adsense Auto Ads from about three years ago.  I think both adsense and invision  have since changed.  The instruction did not work for me.

I have a member group that pays to have no ads and cannot figure out how to exclude a member group.

If anyone is currently using Auto Ads on Adsense and has success controlling which member groups are subject to auto ads and which one see just the ads I place, please share.  My revenue was higher with auto ads, so I would like to find a way to use without fouling up member groups.

Thank you.

On 2/6/2019 at 7:29 AM, newbie LAC said:

Hello,

Show ad

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Hide ad

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The above seems to work fine if it placed in extra condition tab but i`m not pretty sure that is exactly right 

Do auto ads actually increase revenue? In other words, is it worth going through the hassle of trying to exclude member groups?

On 7/17/2023 at 2:49 AM, Marc Stridgen said:

Im not sure one relates to the other. You can have auto ads and still exclude usergroups

In the past when I tried auto ads, it displayed for everyone even thought I had members excluded. 

I want to exclude members for a couple of reasons. One, as a benefit of membership, they see no ads. Two, members tend to want to 'help' the board earn money by click, click, clicking as many ads as possible, and that will cause Google to eliminate our ability to have ads. 

On 9/4/2023 at 4:48 AM, Marc Stridgen said:

I would need an example of this not working on your site in order to advise. If you havent selected for them to see ads within our ad system, they shouldnt be seeing them at all.

I can't swear that it was after my upgrade a few months ago or before. I'll run a test and see what happens.

On 9/18/2023 at 4:53 AM, Marc Stridgen said:

No problem. Please let us know

Apparently, either I or Adsense enabled auto ads in April, because it's been running for that long and I've either forgotten or just didn't know. But, it hasn't been an issue for all this time.

Maybe it was an issue before my upgrade (which hadn't been done since 2020), but it's not an issue now.