Google removed 2.7 billion bad ads globally in 2019

NEW DELHI: Tech giant Google blocked and removed 2.7 billion bad ads, which is more than 5,000 bad ads per minute, in 2019 globally. The search giant also suspended nearly one million advertiser accounts for policy violations last year.

Google terminated over 1.2 million accounts and removed ads from over 21 million web pages, part of its publisher network, for violating policies.

“Terminating accounts—not just removing an individual ad or page—is an especially effective enforcement tool that we use if advertisers or publishers engage in egregious policy violations or have a history of violating policy,” said Scott Spencer, vice president of product management, Ads Privacy and Safety, Google in a blogpost.