Kids content exclusion from Google Ads Campaigns

[Gianluca Contardi]

Hi everybody,

Im experiencing a lot impressions and views coming from youtube channels & videos contents related to kids. 

Is there any possibilty to build up a script from scratch that can exclude every single kid content, topic, etc.? 

Is it possible to get this kind of automation? 

Google Ads ID: 547-687-8802

I'm looking forward for a reply

Regards,

Gianluca

[Dmytro]

Here is a script to clean kids content

https://adsapp.report/solutions/youtube-channel-cleaner

and GDN placement https://adsapp.report/solutions/placement-cleaner-247

[Sigurd Fabrin]

Hi Gianluca,

Do NOT use the scripts suggested by Dmytro. It fetches code from a remote location and executes it using the eval() method in your account. You have no chance of knowing beforehand what it does. 

More on eval() https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_eval.asp

@Google Ads script team: You really should deactivate the possibility of using eval(). There is no good reason why you allow code to be executed this way.

Sigurd

[Dmytro]

Hi Sigurd

Thanks for your comment. Do you have any ideas how to protect my code and solution?

I can give access to any Google Ads representative to check my solution.

[Dmytro Tonkikh]

I do eval() because of several reasons:

1. I can update scripts remotely. And users have updated version with fixed bug.

2. You can De-obfuscate my code from eval() source. I just make it harder to get original code

3. And to be honest script resources not enough to do something.

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[Sigurd Fabrin]

As far as I know, eval() is the only way to execute code from a remote location. But as it is a major security threat, it shouldn't be used.

If you don't want to reveal your code, I'd recommend that you build an app with Google Ads API instead of using ad scripts. 

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/start

Sigurd

[Dmytro]

From a security perspective, it is the same as using an app with your OAuth. But in the app case, you won't see anything, and the app can have many more resources and access to your data. 

Google Ads scripts are limited by time, speed and methods. Their power is enough to build simple solutions. 

I spent years learning them. 

[Sigurd Fabrin]

"From a security perspective, it is the same as using an app with your OAuth"

Not quite: You need to register with Google, so they know who you are if something goes wrong

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/oauth/cloud-project

With eval() you can do all sorts of things to an account without any trace

Sigurd