Exclude Partners From Your Paid Search Monitoring Policies

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After you've created a paid search monitoring policy, you can exclude certain partners from this policy. This feature is useful if you have agreements with certain partners who can use your keywords within specific time frames.

Create an exclusion list

1. From the left navigation menu, select [Protect] → Monitoring → Policies.
2. Find the specific paid search monitoring policy from which you want to exclude a partner.

   • Use the Type filter to filter for Paid Search Ad.
3. Hover over the policy, then select [More] → View Exclusions.
4. In the upper-right corner, select Create Exclusion.
5. On the Create Exclusions screen, complete the following information:

   • The Name of the exclusion.
   • The Time Frame in which partners should be excluded from your policy.
   • Select Partners you want to exclude from the [Drop-down menu].
6. Select Save.

Manage your exclusion lists

When you've created exclusion lists, you can keep track of them and perform various actions like editing or canceling them.

Filter your exclusion lists

1. On the Exclusions screen, use the filters to look for specific exclusion lists.

   • Refer to the Filter reference table below for more information.

Filter reference

Filter	Description
Search bar	Filter by entering your exclusion's name.
Date Created	Filter exclusions by the date they were created.
Status	Filter by the exclusion's status: • Active: All exclusions active within the current time frame. • Expired: All exclusions past their end date. • Cancelled: All exclusions you've cancelled. • Pending: All upcoming exclusions approaching the start date.

1. With the applicable filters selected, proceed with performing any additional actions:

Edit your exclusion list

1. Hover over the exclusion and select Edit.
2. Edit the Name, Time Frame, or Partners.
3. Select Save.

Cancel or delete an exclusion

1. Hover over the exclusion and select [More].
2. Select Cancel Exclusion to temporarily pause the exclusion.

   • Select Reinstate Exclusion to activate the exclusion again.
3. Select Delete Exclusion to permanently remove the exclusion.

   • Read the prompt and select OK to complete the action.