Google has launched a new website that gives you control over the type of personalized ads you see in Google Search, Discover, Shopping, and YouTube.

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Video Description
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Almost everyone knows that Google is an advertising company at heart. They may own and operate successful products like Gmail, Google Search, and YouTube, but the majority of their income is coming from ads. With the push toward more online privacy for users, many companies that rely on these advertisements (Google included) have ended up losing revenue.

Today, I want to highlight a new portal that Google has launched which aims to give you more control over the types of personalized ads you see when using Google Search, Google Discover, Google Search, YouTube, and more.

You can find this new website by visiting https://myadcenter.google.com and making sure you’re logged into your main Google account.

If you do not have personalized ads enabled on your account, the new web portal is not going to show you much of anything. Remember, this is a way for you to help Google show you more relevant advertisements. So if you don’t have personalized ads enabled, then you aren’t going to be able to control the types of ads you see.

Once Personalized Ads are enabled, though, you will begin to see more details about the ads you’ve been shown. This is summarized and displayed here in the My Ads tab, with the ability to remove topics that have been automatically added to your account based on your online activity.

You’ll even begin seeing specific brands that Google has determined you are interested in. Again, all based on your online activity.

Lastly, this My Ads section will display a list of the recent ads you have seen while using any of Google’s apps or websites.

All three of these sections have ways to customize your ad-viewing experience by manually adding in brands you like or topics you are interested in. While also giving you a way to tell Google if you don’t want to see a specific ad anymore.

If we dive into the Customize Ads tab on this website, then you’ll be shown some information in three different sections.

First is the Topics section where you will see all of the topics Google believes you are interested in. Right next to this is the Brands tab, and again, this list will be populated with specific brands that you end up seeing in Ads due to your online web activity.

Lastly, we have a tab for Sensitive ad categories. And it’s here that you’ll be able to enable or disable ad categories for topics like Alcohol, Dating, Gambling, Weight Loss, and more.

The last tab here in the Google My Ad Center hub is a way for you to manage your private information. The data displayed here is another way Google tries to find the ads you are most interested in. But it’s also personal information that you may or may not be willing to share with the company.

Each of these bits of data can be customized to what you feel is appropriate for Google to know about you. If you’re okay with the company knowing your age or your gender, then having this information accurate and up to date will help Google find the types of ads you are more likely to be interested in.

And I get it. Most of us hate seeing ads while we’re using mobile apps or browsing the web. But advertisements are the way many people (myself included) are able to buy food and pay our bills while being able to provide you with the content you enjoy. So if you’re already going to be viewing ads online then at least you can choose which topics you are most interested in so the ads can be relevant to things you actually enjoy.

Mentioned Links
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Google My Ad Center – https://myadcenter.google.com/

Step by Step Tutorial
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1. Intro [00:00]
2. Visit the Ad Center hub page [00:52]
3. Enable Personalized ads [01:21]
4. Customize the ads you see [03:38]
5. Configure your info used for ads [04:28]

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