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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by Veen on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:14AM (#12443089)
Contributor is only for sites that use Google's ad products. I don't think it works in Search.

Essentially, it's a way for a site's users to bid for its ad spots. If you bid more than the advertisers, you don't have to see the ads.

It's quite a clever idea really, but I don't think it has much uptake from publishers.

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by bduerst on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:26PM (#12448454)
I use it and it probably covers about 65-75% of ads I see, and almost 100% on news websites. I've also seen it work in apps.

It's too bad there wasn't some way to have it cross over networks too.

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