~30% wasted
About 30% of YouTube ad budget leaks into irrelevant, low-viewability placements that never convert.
Powered by Video Understanding AIIs your YouTube ad spend
Is your YouTube ad spend
truly safe and high-performing?
Most advertisers never see where budget and brand reputation leak away. vling's Video Understanding AI analyzes what actually happens on screen, in audio, and in context — protecting your brand and maximizing ROI.
Accepted by application. We onboard 5 new brands per week — limited spots remaining this week.
- Avg. wasted spend cut
- 30.5%
- Max reduction
- 85%
- Real-time blocking
- 24/7
vling console — live placement scan
Risky placements blocked
1,284
Valid reach lift
+30.5%
Budget recovered
$32.8K
Gaming highlights · 12:04Safe96
Shock-thumbnail clip · 03:22Violence detected31
Beauty review · 08:47Safe92
Fake news channel · 05:10Brand unsuitable18
Kids animation · 21:33Low viewability54
Problem & Impact
Keyword exclusion alone can't keep your brand safe
Google Ads exclusions rely on titles and tags. They never see what actually happens inside the video.
High Risk
Running next to harmful, clickbait, or off-brand videos can cause lasting damage to a reputation you spent years building.
Up to 85% saved
vling AI analyzes scenes and speech in real time — whitelisting high-intent moments and automatically blacklisting risky placements.
Solutions
Two solutions, matched to how you run ads
Self-Service / Plug-in
vling Safe
An automation plug-in for marketers running Google Ads API and DV360 in-house.
Connect my Google Ads account- 24/7 auto-blocking across the 5 global sensitive categories
- Custom brand-issue keyword and scene filtering
- Automatic exclusion of low-viewability placements
- Simple 5% monthly tech-fee pricing
Technology
Metadata exclusion vs. deep video understanding
vling Video Understanding AI reads the real context of every video.
Category
Standard approach (Google default / metadata)
vling Video Understanding AI
What is analyzed
Text metadata only: title, tags, description, channel category
Frame-by-frame visuals, speech (STT), captions and full contextual signals
Precision
High false-positive rate on clickbait titles — safe videos get excluded too
Context-aware AI applies brand-specific safety guidelines
Execution
Manual blacklist upkeep — impossible at YouTube scale
24/7 real-time API exclusions and whitelist sync
Results
Transparency and performance, proven in data
1,284 items
Five categories: violence, sexual content, hate, clickbait and brand unsuitability
Brand unsuitable82%
Clickbait content64%
Sexual / violent47%
Hate speech23%
vling Audit Report — Sample
See at a glance exactly which videos burned through your ad budget.
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FAQ
Questions we hear before onboarding
We'll pinpoint where your last campaign leaked budget — free
No commitment required. We backtest your recent YouTube campaign and deliver a detailed analysis within 24–48 hours.
- Placement-level risk report
- Wasted budget estimate & recovery scenarios
- Brand-specific blocking guidelines