"npa", "1" - working or not?

[Zippy]

Hi all,

I'm requesting non-personalized ads via "npa" , "1" like so:

    Bundle extras = new Bundle();

    extras.putString("npa","1");

    request = new   AdRequest.Builder()  //request is an instance var

        .addNetworkExtrasBundle(AdMobAdapter.class, extras)

        .build()

And then load the banner with bannerAdView.loadAd(request); and load my interstitials using myIntAdView.loadAd(request);

There are no errors, however, I've just noticed that AdMob still reports the targeting type on some of these ads (banner and interstitial) as 'personalized'.

I'm not using mediation, just AdMob, could this be an error with the reporting?  Somer kind of teething trouble? Or am I doing something wrong here like maybe I have to create a new AdRequest every time I load an ad?

Thanks all, appreciate any advice

[mobileadssdk-a...@google.com]

Hi there,

Thanks for contacting us.

Based on this guide, there's nothing out of the ordinary with your code implementation. For any concerns related to AdMob reporting, it's better to reach out to the Product Support Team or raise them to the AdMob Help Forum. In addition, you may also refer to this article Overview of AdMob reports for relevant information.

Regards,

Steven Balan

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Zippy]

Thanks Steven

I would like to confirm a couple of things if I may...

On this page, it states...

If non-personalized ads are requested, the ad request URL currently includes &npa=1.  However, note that this is an internal implementation detail of the Google Moile Ads SDK and is subject to change.

Using ADB, I checked the request URL and it contains the following...

    &_c_csdk_npa_o=false&_c_req_npa=true&npa=1

I'm not sure what npa_o is or why it's false, but as you can see, the  2nd reference to npa is true and the third is the quoted '&npa=1'.

Can you please confirm that this is all correct and what you would expect to see? (note, this is with requesting test ads).

Thanks again, appreciate your help.

[mobileadssdk-a...@google.com]

The query parameters you are seeing are correct and are expected values.

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[Zippy]

Thanks Ram

So, after requesting personalised ads using "npa", "1", how do we go about confirming that it works and that our apps actually are receiving non-personalised ads?

I've attempted to post over in the AdMob Help Forum but there appears to be next to zero activity in that forum plus this seems (on the surface, at least) to be a technical issue.

Is there any other way to confirm this (or to find out why it's not working if indeed it isn't)?

Thanks again

Regards

[mobileadssdk-a...@google.com]

At this time there no way to differentiate between personalized and non-personalized ads returned by the SDK. I will be taking this back as a feature request for the GMA SDK team.

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