We’re dropping Google Ads

Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by cpeterso on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @12:46AM (#14094832)

I don't mind ads; I just don't want clickbait crap about shocking celebrity photos and "deep searches" for local singles.

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So I created a minimal blocklist for the worst clickbait (mostly Outbrain and Taboola): https://github.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/

The list is compatible with uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus. If you know of any other bad clickbait ad networks, please let me know! As the article describes, I now see clickbait ads from Google that are almost as bad, but I'm not quite ready to block all Google ads in what was supposed to be a minimal blocklist.

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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by duskwuff on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @01:08AM (#14094923)

A few years ago, I wrote something similar:

https://github.com/duskwuff/syndicationblock/

Is Yavli still a thing? I had a hell of a time blocking their ads -- they served content from custom subdomains, and used class names "borrowed" from Google to evade ad blockers.

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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by cpeterso on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @12:36PM (#14099296)

Thanks! I check out your syndication blocklist. I haven't seen Yavli in my testing.

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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by flukus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:53AM (#14095384)

Where are these "deep searches" for local singles? The lack of search functionality is my biggest problem with dating sites.

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