How can you detect if a website is using Google Ads by looking at the source code?
Detecting whether a website is using Google Ads involves examining the page’s source code for specific scripts, tags, and network requests associated with Google advertising services.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
- Open the Page Source: Right-click on the webpage and select “View Page Source” or press
Ctrl+U
(Windows) orCmd+Option+U
(Mac) to open the page’s source code. - Search for Google Ads-Specific scripts: Use
Ctrl+F
(Windows) orCmd+F
(Mac) to open the search function. - Look for the following keywords and URLs that are commonly associated with Google Ads:
googlesyndication.com
,doubleclick.net
,doubleclick.net/tag/
.