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Is there actually a practical way to that though?

by rythie 17y ago

natrius 17y ago
1) Install an ad blocker. 2) When an ad annoys you, enable your ad blocker for that site. 3) If you actually enjoy the content the site provides, you should let them know why you're blocking their ads so they can fix the problem. Otherwise, if everyone does what you do, the site will cease to exist.
- rythie 17y ago
  2) I don't think AdBlockPlus lets you do that 3) You surely know that, that is a waste of time, 1. they already know, 2. they won't respond or do anything
  - notauser 17y ago
    2) Sure it does - just click on any add and blacklist the domain. Takes two seconds. (I'm actually surprised more sites haven't started responding by proxying ad content through their own servers to make it harder to block.)
    - irons 17y ago
      Doubleclick doesn't allow proxied ad distribution, and I'm not sure a similar effect could be achieved through DNS. The Ars thread touches on this, where Kurt mentions that Doubleclick's ad deployment isn't smart enough to detect flash-blockers and serve a static ad, and Ars isn't permitted to replace Doubleclick's deployment code.
    - rythie 17y ago
      Ok, thanks though you can't do it per site so you have to click on all the ads that offend you and they may change ad supplier. Also your effectively blocking a particular ad supplier not a domain that has a poor ad policy.
  - natrius 17y ago
    http://adblockplus.org/en/ http://adblockplus.org/en/ "Right-click on a banner and choose “Adblock” from the context menu — the banner won’t be downloaded again. Maybe even replace parts of the banner address with star symbols to block similar banners as well." The AdBlockPlus documentation explains how to limit specific rules to certain sites. (EDIT: http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#elemhide_domains http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#elemhide_domains) If you get filters from someone else, you're probably blocking ads that don't bother you on sites you enjoy, which sounds counterproductive to me.

Is there actually a practical way to that though?

by rythie 17y ago

Is there actually a practical way to that though?

1) Install an ad blocker. 2) When an ad annoys you, enable your ad blocker for that site. 3) If you actually enjoy the content the site provides, you should let them know why you're blocking their ads so they can fix the problem. Otherwise, if everyone does what you do, the site will cease to exist.

rythie 17y ago
2) I don't think AdBlockPlus lets you do that 3) You surely know that, that is a waste of time, 1. they already know, 2. they won't respond or do anything
- notauser 17y ago
  2) Sure it does - just click on any add and blacklist the domain. Takes two seconds. (I'm actually surprised more sites haven't started responding by proxying ad content through their own servers to make it harder to block.)
  - irons 17y ago
    Doubleclick doesn't allow proxied ad distribution, and I'm not sure a similar effect could be achieved through DNS. The Ars thread touches on this, where Kurt mentions that Doubleclick's ad deployment isn't smart enough to detect flash-blockers and serve a static ad, and Ars isn't permitted to replace Doubleclick's deployment code.
  - rythie 17y ago
    Ok, thanks though you can't do it per site so you have to click on all the ads that offend you and they may change ad supplier. Also your effectively blocking a particular ad supplier not a domain that has a poor ad policy.
- natrius 17y ago
  http://adblockplus.org/en/ http://adblockplus.org/en/ "Right-click on a banner and choose “Adblock” from the context menu — the banner won’t be downloaded again. Maybe even replace parts of the banner address with star symbols to block similar banners as well." The AdBlockPlus documentation explains how to limit specific rules to certain sites. (EDIT: http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#elemhide_domains http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#elemhide_domains) If you get filters from someone else, you're probably blocking ads that don't bother you on sites you enjoy, which sounds counterproductive to me.