Question

RE: Smart Campaigns, is there a way to block your ad from showing in certain countries? I have a small campaign set for just US in locations but have traffic coming from other countries I need to block.  

Answer 1

Switch from "people who are in or interested in this location" to "people in this location"

Comments

Not a smart campaign option

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Oh I'm sorry.  

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@dally the research I did, no you cant. I hope you find an answer!  

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@wildeyed I found out they can, they hafta manually do it on their end, you just gotta make a request

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@dally nice!  

Answer 2

OK, actually got this resolved in live chat. About 7 min wait, and under 30 min to completely resolve including some required email's back n forth. For smart campaigns, AdWords can change your location settings on their side to only show in your location. They send an email, reply granting permissions, settings changed, 24 hours to take effect and thats it!  

Answer 3

Can’t you just add the locations as a negative?  

Comments

@uncinate7071 not in a smart campaign

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@dally that sounds more like a “Google makes money” campaign rather than smart