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>why companies don't use more hand-coded HTML ads with inline images and direct links to prevent blocking? Ad-blocking relies on knowing the origin of ads and
by madamelic 7y ago
>why companies don't use more hand-coded HTML ads with inline images and direct links to prevent blocking?
Ad-blocking relies on knowing the origin of ads and blocking requests to the servers browser-side.
Regardless of where you shift the content it is just a matter of time until it is fingerprinted and blocked.
On the side of sites selling ads and hosting it co-mingled with other content, it is an issue of business priorities.
I know some sites that do this which causes the ads to be a feature rather than a bug. The ads are helpful and targeted specifically, requiring no fingerprinting of the user or tracking. The ad buyers get great throughput, the ad sellers get easy cash.
- anderspitman 7y ago> Ad-blocking relies on knowing the origin of ads and blocking requests to the servers browser-side. Regardless of where you shift the content it is just a matter of time until it is fingerprinted and blocked. Right but if the ad is simply an inline image with an anchor link, the image will have been loaded from the current origin, so the user will see the ad. And if they click on it, it's a direct link in response to user action, which I don't think I've ever seen an ad blocker interfere with.