Learn about expanded inventory
The "Expanded inventory" setting allows you to choose to receive bid requests from inventory that may otherwise be blocked.
By default, the "Expanded inventory" setting is off and expanded inventory is excluded. This means that bid requests are filtered and you may receive fewer of them.
When the "Expanded inventory" setting is on, expanded inventory is included and you may receive more bid requests. However, you may receive requests from inventory such as inventory with no content, more ads than content, and content that encourages accidental clicks.
Note: Even when expanded inventory is included, ad placements that violate Google's platform program policies, including inventory that generates invalid traffic, will continue to be filtered and won't be sent to you.
View all possible inventory categories for Expanded inventory
Turning on Expanded inventory may include requests from the following inventory categories:
- Ad on screens with no other content.
- Ads on content that Google cannot evaluate: This may include user generated content, content whose
robot.txtfile blocks Google's crawling, or password-protected content. - Ads with altered code: Ad code may be manipulated in a way that is not explicitly permitted by Google.
- Ads obscuring content: Ads may fully or partially obscure site or app content.
- Ads on screens with replicated content: Ads may appear on screens with content embedded or copied content from others without additional commentary, curation, or otherwise adding value to that content.
- Auto-refreshing ads: Ads may appear in placements or pages that refresh or redirect without the user requesting a refresh.
- Content obscuring ads: Content may fully or partially obscure ads.
- Deceptive site navigation or encouraging accidental clicks: Ads may be placed in a way that might be mistaken for menu, navigation or download links to obtain clicks or views.
- Formatting content to mimic ads: Ads may appear on sites or apps that format neighboring content to look similar to the ads.
- Interstitials at app load or exit: Ads may appear in interstitials that appear on app load or when exiting apps.
- Interstitials that unexpectedly launch: Ads may appear in placements that suddenly appear when a user is focused on a task at hand, such as playing a game, filling out a form, reading content.
- Mistargeting ads: Ad targeting may have been altered using hidden or irrelevant keywords, or manipulating ad targeting through IFRAMES.
- More ads or paid promotional material than content: Ads may appear on screens with more ads or other paid promotional material than publisher-content.
- Placing ads under a misleading header: Ads may appear under misleading headings, such as "resources" or "helpful links".
- Hidden or non-functional video controls: Ads may appear with video controls, such as play, pause, mute, skip, or dismiss, that are obstructed, hidden, or non-functional.
- Web content viewing frames: Ads may appear in a web content viewing frame on apps.
- Sticky or anchored video ads: Video ads may continue to appear on the screen as the user scrolls. A dismiss option may be hidden, obstructed, or non-functional.
- Rewarded implementation & requirements: Rewarded ads may appear in apps or sites that don’t adhere to Google’s policies for ad units that offer rewards.
- Sites with unintended downloads or pop-ups: Ads may appear on websites and other properties that:
- change user preferences or initiate downloads without the user's express consent
- redirect users to unwanted websites
- contain pop-ups or any other elements that interfere with site navigation
- contain or trigger pop-unders
- Unnatural attention to ads: Ads may appear on content that brings unnecessary or unnatural attention to their ads, such as flashy animations that draw a user's eyes to the ads or arrows or other symbols pointing to the ads
- Unsupported languages: Ads may appear on content that is not in one of the supported languages.