All Ad Exchange ads go through an approval process to make sure they're safe and appropriate for users. We review each ad to see if it complies with our advertising policies. If we find any issues, we'll notify you with information about the policy and what you can do to get your ad approved.
How to submit ads for approval
Whenever you create a new ad or make changes to an existing ad, your ad automatically gets submitted to us for review.
Timeline
Ads cannot show until they've been reviewed and approved. We strive to review all ads as quickly as possible, usually within one to two business days. If you've been waiting for your ads to be reviewed for more than two business days, please contact us.
When reviewing your ads, our ad review team verifies that all ads comply with the Ad Exchange Buyer Program Guidelines. Among other things, we look at the content you’re advertising, your advertiser’s website, cookie usage, and technology vendor usage. For additional details on these guidelines, please visit Ad Exchange Policies and Enforcement.
If we find anything that doesn't comply with our policies, we'll disapprove your ad and send you an email with information about that policy. You'll also get an alert in your account pages informing you about the disapproval. For example, if we find an ad that points to a website that's not working, we'll mark that ad as "Disapproved" and send you an email explaining why we disapproved the ad.
Approval statuses
During the approval process, your ads will be given a status. You can see the status of your ad by logging into your account and looking at the "Status" column of your Ads tab. Below is a list of statuses you might see.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Under review | Your ad is still being reviewed. |
| Disapproved | There's an issue with your ad and it can't run right now. |
| Approved | Your ad has been approved to run. |