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.
From the left navigation menu, select
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[Protect] → Monitoring → Policies.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.
Hover over the policy, then select
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[More] → View Exclusions.In the upper-right corner, select Create Exclusion.
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
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[Drop-down menu].
Select Save.
When you've created exclusions lists, you can keep track of them and perform various actions like editing or canceling them.
On the Exclusions screen, use the filters to look for specific exclusion lists.
Refer to the Filter reference table below for more information.
Filter
Description
Search bar
Filter by entering your exclusion's name.
Date range
Filter exclusions by the date range.
Status
Filter by the exclusion's status:
Active: All exclusions active within the current time frame.
Expired: All exclusions past their end date.
Canceled: All exclusions you've canceled.
Pending: All upcoming exclusions approaching the start date.
With the applicable filters selected, proceed with performing any additional actions: