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Google is reportedly paying 30% of ad revenue to the company behind Adblock Plus to get on the "acceptable ads" whitelist for Google search. I find this a despi

Google is reportedly paying 30% of ad revenue to the company behind Adblock Plus to get on the "acceptable ads" whitelist for Google search. I find this a despicable pracrice and encourage my friends to use another ad blocker. If you use ABP, you are funding Eyeo.

golergka 11y ago
> reportedly Can you please provide a source?
- jmngomes 11y ago
  Also curious...I'd be surprised if they are still paying 30% to the publishers.
philjohn 11y ago
Like it or not, ads pay for much of the content you consume online. I don't mind unobtrusive ads, and the google adsense ads tend to fall into that camp.
blfr 11y ago
You only need to untick one box in ABP and it stops letting through the whitelisted ads.
fridek 11y ago
That would be $20 billion, making it one of the top 1000 companies by revenue globally. I'll leave it to you to decide if it looks like a true information.
cbr 11y ago
https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads No applicant will be favored or treated differently, and no one can buy their way onto the whitelist. Everyone has tocomply with the criteria and everyone has to go through the same process before the ads qualify as "acceptable." https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements Do companies pay you for being added to the list? Whitelisting is free for all small- and medium websites and blogs. However, managing this list requires significant effort on our side and this task cannot be completely taken over by volunteers as it happens with common filter lists. That's why we are being paid by some larger properties that serve non-intrusive advertisements that want to participate in the Acceptable Ads initiative.
vultour 11y ago
Yet they still allow you to block them easily. Good for them

golergka 11y ago

> reportedly Can you please provide a source?

jmngomes 11y ago
Also curious...I'd be surprised if they are still paying 30% to the publishers.

philjohn 11y ago

Like it or not, ads pay for much of the content you consume online. I don't mind unobtrusive ads, and the google adsense ads tend to fall into that camp.

blfr 11y ago

You only need to untick one box in ABP and it stops letting through the whitelisted ads.

fridek 11y ago

That would be $20 billion, making it one of the top 1000 companies by revenue globally. I'll leave it to you to decide if it looks like a true information.

cbr 11y ago

https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads No applicant will be favored or treated differently, and no one can buy their way onto the whitelist. Everyone has tocomply with the criteria and everyone has to go through the same process before the ads qualify as "acceptable." https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements Do companies pay you for being added to the list? Whitelisting is free for all small- and medium websites and blogs. However, managing this list requires significant effort on our side and this task cannot be completely taken over by volunteers as it happens with common filter lists. That's why we are being paid by some larger properties that serve non-intrusive advertisements that want to participate in the Acceptable Ads initiative.

vultour 11y ago

Yet they still allow you to block them easily. Good for them