9 Best Articles in 2021
The Intercept
Be Careful Celebrating Google’s New Ad Blocker. Here’s What’s Really Going On.
The Intercept
3 min read · From 2017 · Google’s ad blocker, far from a benign offering, is another step toward dominating the internet itself.
The Verge
Google’s Chrome ad blocking arrives tomorrow and this is how it works
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Google is enabling its built-in ad blocker for Chrome tomorrow (February 15th). Chrome’s ad filtering is designed to weed out some of the web’s most annoying ads, and push website owners to stop...
VICE
Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race
VICE
6 min read · From 2017 · An ad blocker that uses computer vision appears to be the most powerful ever devised and can evade all known anti ad blockers.
WIRED
Ad-Blocker Ghostery Just Went Open Source—And Has a New Business Model
WIRED
5 min read · From 2018 · Snowden’s preferred ad-blocker details how a privacy tool can actually make money without being gross.
ctrl.blog
Here’s how Google Chrome’s new ad blocker works
ctrl.blog
4 min read · From 2018 · Google Chrome will soon begin to block ads on some websites by default. I dug up some more information about how it will work.
TechCrunch
How Chrome’s built-in ad blocker will work when it goes live tomorrow
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2018 · Chrome's built-in ad blocker will go live tomorrow. It's the first time Google will automatically block some ads in Chrome, but while quite a few online..
The Verge
Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year
The Verge
7 min read · From 2017 · Google will introduce an ad blocker to Chrome early next year and is telling publishers to get ready. The warning is meant to let websites assess their ads and strip any particularly disruptive...
The Verge
Google starts testing Chrome's built-in ad blocker
The Verge
1 min read · From 2017 · Google is planning to introduce a built-in ad blocker for its Chrome browser next year. While Google has already warned publishers about the change, the ad blocker is now starting to show up in...
Seth Godin
Seth's Blog: Ad blocking
Seth Godin
5 min read · From 2015 · By most accounts, more and more people are automatically blocking the ads in their browser. Of course, people have been blocking ads forever. By ignoring them. Fifteen years ago, when I began writing about Permission Marketing, I pointed out that...
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Seth Godin
Seth's Blog: Ad blocking
Seth Godin
5 min read · From 2015 · By most accounts, more and more people are automatically blocking the ads in their browser. Of course, people have been blocking ads forever. By ignoring them. Fifteen years ago, when I began writing about Permission Marketing, I pointed out that...
audienceops.com
How Ad Blockers Impact Paid Content Promotion
audienceops.com
7 min read · From 2018 · Ad blocker use has been on the rise - what does this means for content marketers with paid promotion?
xy2.dev
How an anti ad-blocker works: Reverse-engineering BlockAdBlock
xy2.dev
20+ min read · 2020-04-02 · How I reversed an ad-blocker blocker and learned some history about ad-blocking.
TechCrunch
Google said to be planning a built-in ad-blocker for Chrome
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2017 · Google is planning to add an ad blocker to Chrome, its web browser, and to possibly turn it on by default for all users. That seems counterintuitive, for a company that makes the majority of its…
TNW
iOS 9 content blocker will transform the mobile Web
TNW
6 min read · From 2015 · iOS 9 comes with a new feature called 'content blockers' which allow developers to build apps for blocking advertisements. Here's how well it works.
Ad Age
The Financial Times Decides to Get Creative With Ad-Blocker Blocking
Ad Age
5 min read · From 2016 · The Financial Times, on Wednesday, began testing a series of approaches to combatting the rise of ad-blocking technology.
Ars Technica
Report: Google will add an ad blocker to all versions of Chrome web browser
Ars Technica
2 min read · From 2017 · The owner of the web's biggest advertising platform is building an ad blocker?
unbounce
What the Google Chrome Ad Blocker Means for Your Website Popups (Plus 8 Really Smart Targeting Tips)
unbounce
~14 min read · From 2018 · Google Chrome’s Ad Blocker came into effect Feb 15, 2018. Don't think "Oh no! Popups are dead. Google just outlawed them", because after combing through the details, I’m happy to tell you that — from our early interpretation — this doesn’t seem to be true.
BuzzFeed News
Sensor Tower Secretly Owns Ad Blocker And VPN Apps That Collect User Data
BuzzFeed News
2 min read · 2020-03-09 · Sensor Tower has owned at least 20 apps that track data passing through people’s phones.
