Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by _eht on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:01PM
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Working with Google ads for over seven years as a publisher, they have one of the cleanest ad networks in the game. On top of that, you can preview every single ad that is shown with your account and block accordingly.
I agree, they need to thread carefully, but things need to change, and that change needs to come from two angles: publishers whoring out their users and ad networks not taking responsibility for what they let on their networks.
Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by mkl on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @10:50PM
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> you can preview every single ad that is shown with your account and block accordingly.
Really? I've never used Google ads, so for all I know you're right, but why would none of the ~600 comments in the previous discussion [1] mention that?
Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by _eht on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:55AM
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https://support.google.com/adxseller/answer/4587864?hl=en
I'm on the Adx platform, which was invite only a few years back. It has some differences to Adsense, but I believe ad review and transparency with what creatives are displayed is part of both cores.
If I were to guess, there were 600 people in the thread who were not actually publishers using Google ads.
There are several angles to be wary of. Locking out competitors, replacing competitor ads with their own, forcing sites to migrate to, or back to, Google ad networks, etc.