rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted April 23, 2005 This is for firefox users... how much do u use ur adblock ? has it bcom part ur must_have_essential ? the Adblock extension is at the middle of a hot controversy about the future of online advts, if everyone starts (ad)blocking every damn thing. this really IS a pretty serious issue ... for the advertisers. i was jus wonderin how much do our guys use adblock ...? so, do u adblock the ads in the rimweb forums ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted April 23, 2005 Yes, blocking Google Adsense will be a major obstacle for revenue generation for many 'free to public' websites (like RIMweb ). Even though the percentage of members using Mozilla Firefox is very low, it is a serious issue indeed as rEdshiFt has pointed out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Is there any ad blockers for IE.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
himanav 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Is there any ad blockers for IE.... 30483[/snapback] Sure there are a lot. Just google. The one I use is AdShield. Neatly blocks out ads on pages. Also cuts out unneccesary popups. I have a licensed copy of the software. But you can download evaluation copy from their site also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Thanks for the info himanav!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 Instead of just an ad blocker, consider an IE shell like Maxthon or Avant ...tabbed browsing, ad-blocking, better security, etc, etc, all built in. Plethora of functions ...esp. in Maxthon. Works on the IE engine too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 Google offers harmless ttext ads relevant to the sites content. It doesn't increase download time for a site so I don't think there is any sense for blocking ads by google. At least we should honour the way our favourite site earns revenue which it needs badly to continue providing free services for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 fair enough...but googleads are only part of the ad-blockable frames/images... it really has been a 'rediscovery of the net' with firefox...due credit goes to adblock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted September 5, 2005 Bumping topic, just wanted to check how many of you are blocking the Google Adsense ads at RIMweb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RajanPERT 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2005 If it related to the RIMWEB finacial position, i will see it. Otherwise i like to block it. This time i didnot block it. But decrease my internet browsing performance. Thanks and Take Care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCP/IP 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2005 I don't. I searched for the link to download adblock for Mozilla but I could not find it. I usually don't click through banners. Google ads being text based are quite harmless. The ads that annoy me the most are.."shoot one of the 3 birds to win $100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2005 I wouldn't block Google ads because they dont bother me at all. I would like to block crappy Colgate ads on Yahoo/Rediff that turn my screen green, red and yellow. Or flashy annoying popups that say "you're infected scan now" sort of $HiT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dilbert 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2005 Yeah Google ads seem to be harmless & moreover because of google's superior technology, these ads are relevant to the content. Same is the case with mails in Gmail... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted September 6, 2005 If it related to the RIMWEB finacial position, i will see it. Otherwise i like to block it. This time i didnot block it. But decrease my internet browsing performance.Thanks and Take Care! 40091[/snapback] Rajan, may I know whether it causes considerable difference in your internet browsing performance ? if so, what makes you feel so ? and which browser (and ad blocker) are you using ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RajanPERT 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2005 If it related to the RIMWEB finacial position, i will see it. Otherwise i like to block it. This time i didnot block it. But decrease my internet browsing performance.Thanks and Take Care! 40091[/snapback] Rajan, may I know whether it causes considerable difference in your internet browsing performance ? if so, what makes you feel so ? and which browser (and ad blocker) are you using ? 40197[/snapback] I am using Firefox and Internet Explorer and Presently I am using Internet Explorer for RIMWEB and doeacc.org and firefox for other. It give me about 2 to 5 sec delay to watching a page, as i watch it in previous RIMWEB.COM. Thanks and Take Care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted September 7, 2005 just my two cents worth - most google ads are very tough to adblock, they keep coming again and again.... its typically like trying to block the text ads in rapidshare - near impossible anyways, we have something called RIP - remove it permanantly which helps where items are not ad-blockable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puneet 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2005 (edited) Strangly, I do not see any ads from google on RIMweb neither on firefox nor on IE. I have not blocked any ads from google, and neither do I have any third party firewall installed. Or is it that my proxy is blocking ads from google? Edit: My proxy is blocking googlesyndication.com And that is why I do not see any ads from google anywhere. Edited September 7, 2005 by Puneet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted September 7, 2005 ic, is the proxy running at your ISP's server or in your LAN's server ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puneet 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2005 Campus LAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 Holy cow! do u need that security in IIT ? well well ... thats a bad news u have conveyed to Arun .... now he will be scratching his head, coz u are cutting down the maintainablity of rimweb ... I do not block google ad's ... well when I am free ... I even click a few to see if something is there ... which might be interesting... from rimweb ... I must have clicked a few links myself (not sure how many ... ) Cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cracker 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2005 (edited) my proxy block the google ads and it is also blocking text ads in rapidshare Edited September 25, 2005 by cracker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puneet 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2005 Where are you from cracker? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cracker 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2005 mum-bai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted September 26, 2005 Are you under a private LAN ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cracker 0 Report post Posted September 27, 2005 try this proxy ip 142.103.2.2 3128 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
