How to Block Admob from Wifi ?

abhishek007p

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #1

how do i block admob ads from being displayed from my wifi ?

what i want and why - my friends and family comes to my home, they have my apps installed (with admob) and they request to use my wifi. so there is a risk that google might detect it as a invalid click (coming from same location as some user login to developer account)

so i want to know what are the addresses to block on my router so admob is completely blocked, along with those analytic part.

Regards,

 

Erel

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #2

abhishek007p said:

what i want and why - my friends and family comes to my home, they have my apps installed (with admob) and they request to use my wifi. so there is a risk that google might detect it as a invalid click (coming from same location as some user login to developer account)

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It is hard to believe that you are the only one in this situation. Personally I don't think that such a procedure is required...

 

andymc

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #3

This google blog post does talk about IP addresses being used, but only in the case of abnormally high click rates:
https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/using-data-to-help-prevent-fraud.html

So unless your friends / relatives are clicking on hundreds of ads at your house you should be fine.

 

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sorex

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #4

why not just tell them not to click the ads in your app?

 

ilan

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #5

maybe:

B4X:

if NOT(wifi.name = "abhishek007p") then
'show ads
end if

 

abhishek007p

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #6

in early days of my B4A development, almost 2-3 yrs back. that exactly what happened. i accidentally clicked on an ad on my 2nd phone connected to the same wifi that i used to login to developer account and 2 days later they disabled my admob account for invalid clicks. that destroyed my 2 months of work and had to start from zero.

 

Last edited: Apr 5, 2016

moster67

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• Apr 5, 2016

• #7

Try this if you want to block in router (blacklist):
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3tz3ph/blocking_most_advertising_servers_via_factory/

I don't know if the domains/ip-addresses listed are still up-to-date and in force.