How do you guys bypass adblock plus?

12 years ago

Originally Posted by FaisalKhan

I added Amazon affiliates (text+image), but cannot see them at all if adblock plus is active. Is there any solution? I think I will lose my visitors. How about Adsense?

My guess is that people running a product called "adblock plus" are doing so because they do not want to see ads. How receptive do you really think such people will be if you find a way to bypass the block and inflict ads on them anyway?

On top of that, how many people are actually running this?

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GMD

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

My guess is that people running a product called "adblock plus" are doing so because they do not want to see ads. How receptive do you really think such people will be if you find a way to bypass the block and inflict ads on them anyway?

On top of that, how many people are actually running this?

First, I'm one of the people running Adblock Plus.

Second, Adblock Plus has been downloaded 172,602,655 times -- with 3.4 million downloads in the last 30 days.

So people are using it. And I don't blame them. I don't want to see all the crappy, spam filled garbage that most "marketers" are spewing from their rotting, diseased orifices; I suspect many others do not either.

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GMD Banned 12 years ago

For the OP:

How To Bypass AdBlock Plus

First we must examine why this software is blocking your graphic advertisements through their various filters. Listed below I describe the most common ad block filters.

Block URLs to third-party ad servers (Google Ads, FastClick, etc.)
Block images of specific sizes (468�--60, 125�--125, etc.)
Block javascript which opens pop-ups (pop-overs, pop-unders, etc.)
Block URLs which contain certain words (ad, banner, click, etc.)
Block image names with ad sizes (ad468x60.jpg, ad120x60.gif, etc.)
Now it becomes fairly obvious what you must do to bypass adblock filters...

1. Remove "Ad" and "Click": If you use banner ad management software such as phpAdsNew or a certain WordPress Plugin to manage advertisements make sure it does NOT contain "ad" in the folder name. You should also go one step further and remove the words "ad" or "click" from any and all file names.

2. Use Slightly Altered Ad Sizes: Even if your standard size graphic advertisements are promoting your own business or something very mundane they will still be blocked by default ad blocking filters. The easiest way to bypass this is to add or subtract a few pixels from the width and height of your banner ads. Some examples; use 470�--58 not 468�--60, use 124�--126 not 125�--125, use 122�--58 not 120�--60.

3. Host Locally and Name Wisely: It would be nice of you to inform your sponsors that you are modifying the banner ad sizes slightly so that they may ensure their images are not distorted. You should always host the images on your own server and never include pixel sizes or the words "ad" or "banner" in the names of your image files.

Publish Advertisements Wisely

As a general rule for good publishing you should be selective of your sponsors. Don't run loud and obnoxious, blinking, obtrusive advertisements in the middle of your content. This is why people install AdBlock Plus in the first place. Be smart and try to put youself in your visitor's shoes.

source: Publishers: How To Bypass Ad Blocking Software

There's information out there about this. Why not do the research?
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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by GMD

First, I'm one of the people running Adblock Plus.

Second, Adblock Plus has been downloaded 172,602,655 times -- with 3.4 million downloads in the last 30 days.

So people are using it. And I don't blame them. I don't want to see all the crappy, spam filled garbage that most "marketers" are spewing from their rotting, diseased orifices; I suspect many others do not either.

Okay, 172 million downloads is a lot.

Which goes back to my first question. If that many people are downloading and installing software because they don't want to see "all the crappy, spam filled garbage that most "marketers" are spewing from their rotting, diseased orifices", how receptive do you think they might be toward someone who took pains to bypass that software and inflict their ads on people who have definitively demonstrated they don't want them? :confused:

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GMD

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Okay, 172 million downloads is a lot.

Which goes back to my first question. If that many people are downloading and installing software because they don't want to see "all the crappy, spam filled garbage that most "marketers" are spewing from their rotting, diseased orifices", how receptive do you think they might be toward someone who took pains to bypass that software and inflict their ads on people who have definitively demonstrated they don't want them? :confused:

Well, yeah, I totally agree with you.

It's a fool's chore to want to "bypass" Adblock Plus because, by definition, people using it don't want to see ads.

So I'd be inclined to deduce that getting around that and having those folks see ads would only lead them to resent the advertiser -- in other words, why go through all the work to skirt when the program when one wouldn't get much (if any!) sales???

As to the OP, his question was how to bypass it. So I answered that -- or at least showed him the information is out there and to actually do some research on his own. But again, yes, I think he's a fool for even trying.

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Ankerbanker

10 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

My guess is that people running a product called "adblock plus" are doing so because they do not want to see ads. How receptive do you really think such people will be if you find a way to bypass the block and inflict ads on them anyway?

On top of that, how many people are actually running this?

Well then there are some people out there that don't understand the concept of giving back ! People don't make websites because they want to give you a good time and you know it's not free to run a server for the most part so that people will have the possibility to earn a little money on the time spent working on the site is just fair. so do you really want that kind of people on you site ?

I don't expect people to work on my house for free too. my hope is that most site integrate a script saying if you don't want to see our ads we don't want to show you our content then those people can't use the internet for anything

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JohnMcCabe

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Ankerbanker

Well then there are some people out there that don't understand the concept of giving back ! People don't make websites because they want to give you a good time and you know it's not free to run a server for the most part so that people will have the possibility to earn a little money on the time spent working on the site is just fair. so do you really want that kind of people on you site ?

I don't expect people to work on my house for free too. my hope is that most site integrate a script saying if you don't want to see our ads we don't want to show you our content then those people can't use the internet for anything

I'm not going to waste time debating the morality of ad blocking. It's a fact of life.

They're free to block your ads, and you're free to block your content in return.

My point wasn't whether or not people should block ads. My point was that even if you figure out a way to show them ads after they've tried to block them, they're not going to respond in a positive way. At that point, you're wasting your time and your resources on an activity that isn't likely to provide any benefit.

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brentb 10 years ago

Those download numbers are super inflated.

1. I believe thats worldwide downloads.

2. People who are tech savvy enough to download adblock put it on all their computers so figure like 2.3 downloads are just one person.

3. Its not practical to leave adblock plus on 100% of the time, I have it on but regularly whitelist sites and turn it off to improve experience, some ads are good.

But seriously, I forget what tracking software I was using to see this metric but on a site I was only getting 1% users with AdBlock software. That's not a big deal.

Website owners have every right to force ads on people, or don't go on their site. Just like surfers have every right to use an adblock plugin if they want.
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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

If someone goes to such lengths to block ads, they are not your target market. Let them be and move on.

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Rbtmarshall

12 years ago

I use chrome browser and adblock plus. Just left click on the ABP stop sign icon in your browsers address bar and uncheck " Enabled For This Site" the addon will remember this and keep it turned off for specific sites.

You can also right click on the icon and whitelist URL's and set filters

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Nail Yener

12 years ago

This will not be an answer to your question but I wanted to say a couple of words about ad blocking tools which may as well be a real problem in the near future for any website owner who relies on ad income.

In my opinion, if a visitor is using a third party tool to change the way a website is displayed, i.e., by blocking ads, he/she is in violation of the terms of use of that website.

If visitors don't want to see the ads on my site, either they should provide me feedback so that I can change/adjust them or they shouldn't visit my site. They simply don't have the right to view my site removing the ads.

Nobody is running a website for just the goodness of humanity. If it weren't for ads, we would have no Google, no Facebook, no YouTube, no WarriorForum, no Internet. Yes, Wikipedia is ad-free but they collect millions of dollars in donations each year. I would rather display ads than ask for donations.

Ads are not evil. They are the main source of income for many types of businesses. Ads are everywhere, on TV, newspapers, magazines, billboards, metro, buses and websites. Blocking ads on the Internet will be equivalent to closing down the Internet because not too many websites will survive without ads.

Whoever creates or uses such tools should reconsider their approach.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

In my opinion, if a visitor is using a third party tool to change the way a website is displayed, i.e., by blocking ads, he/she is in violation of the terms of use of that website.

If visitors don't want to see the ads on my site, either they should provide me feedback so that I can change/adjust them or they shouldn't visit my site. They simply don't have the right to view my site removing the ads.

But that's kind of a ridiculous stance. You put it on the World Wide Web so you can't prevent it from being accessed, unless you create a program to prevent access to those using ad blockers. You also can't identify who is viewing your site and who is not, so the whole TOS violation for simply stumbling across your site is rather a moot point.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

If visitors don't want to see the ads on my site, either they should provide me feedback so that I can change/adjust them or they shouldn't visit my site. They simply don't have the right to view my site removing the ads.

Seriously?

Then perhaps you should contact the serps and kindly ask them to remove your sites from all of their listings. By ranking your site in Google, etc., you are encouraging visitors to visit there, are you not?

Terra

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JohnMcCabe 12 years ago

Okay, let's take malicious code and phishing out of the equation.

Let's talk general annoyance. How about video ads that hang up if you don't have a specific plugin? Or that take control of your browser until the ad finishes playing?

How about resource hogs that won't let content start loading until the feeds from 16 different ad servers load, including an assortment of flash and remarketing code? One error and your browser hangs.

Does anyone seriously believe that they can annoy people into paying attention?
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Nail Yener

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

But that's kind of a ridiculous stance. You put it on the World Wide Web so you can't prevent it from being accessed, unless you create a program to prevent access to those using ad blockers. You also can't identify who is viewing your site and who is not, so the whole TOS violation for simply stumbling across your site is rather a moot point.

I don't see why my opinion is ridiculous. I am not talking about preventing those people, it's not the solution. I am talking about the unfavorable idea behind their act, "accessing my website by changing the way it is meant to be displayed". This is not a noble act and I believe this is something no website owner would be happy with.

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Seriously?

Then perhaps you should contact the serps and kindly ask them to remove your sites from all of their listings. By ranking your site in Google, etc., you are encouraging visitors to visit there, are not?

Terra

I guess you misunderstood me. I surely want people visit my websites, what I don't want is people who access my sites by changing the elements on them. In my book, this type of use is in the same category with bandwidth stealing, image hotlinking, content scraping, etc. No legit website would or should allow such acts.

We are all marketers and website owners and I really don't understand how you can support things like ad blockers.

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Let's talk general annoyance. How about video ads that hang up if you don't have a specific plugin? Or that take control of your browser until the ad finishes playing?

How about resource hogs that won't let content start loading until the feeds from 16 different ad servers load, including an assortment of flash and remarketing code? One error and your browser hangs.

John, there is the "X" button on the upper right corner of the browser for such sites. If visitors are annoyed with the ads, who gives them the right to view that site's content by removing the ads? They should simply leave and this is what I do when I come across such a terrible site.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

I don't see why my opinion is ridiculous. I am not talking about preventing those people, it's not the solution. I am talking about the unfavorable idea behind their act, "accessing my website by changing the way it is meant to be displayed". This is not a noble act and I believe this is something no website owner would be happy with.

I guess you misunderstood me. I surely want people visit my websites, what I don't want is people who access my sites by changing the elements on them. In my book, this type of use is in the same category with bandwidth stealing, image hotlinking, content scraping, etc. No legit website would or should allow such acts.

We are all marketers and website owners and I really don't understand how you can support things like ad blockers.

John, there is the "X" button on the upper right corner of the browser for such sites. If visitors are annoyed with the ads, who gives them the right to view that site's content by removing the ads? They should simply leave and this is what I do when I come across such a terrible site.

Well simply put, you can't control the behavior of your site visitors. If you put a site on the Internet, unless you're behind a paywall, anyone can access it any way that they want to access it. If people don't want to view ads, they won't. If they don't want to be tracked, they won't. They pay for their Internet access and they choose the options for viewing that they are comfortable with. You give them the right to view your content by making it available and you can't call the shots when it comes to their preferences on how they view sites that are freely available on the Net.

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Nail Yener

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Well simply put, you can't control the behavior of your site visitors. If you put a site on the Internet, unless you're behind a paywall, anyone can access it any way that they want to access it. If people don't want to view ads, they won't. If they don't want to be tracked, they won't. They pay for their Internet access and they choose the options for viewing that they are comfortable with. You give them the right to view your content by making it available and you can't call the shots when it comes to their preferences on how they view sites that are freely available on the Net.

I am not interested in controlling the behavior of my visitors, I am simply defining rules that I expect from my visitors to obey when they visit my sites. This is what every legit site does.

It may be in the virtual world but a website is no different than a physical public place such as a store, a cafe or whatever. As the owner, I can set rules on how people access my place. And I can take precautions if they violate the rules. A site being freely available on the internet does not mean that a visitor can do anything with it. That's why we have "terms of use" stuff on every single website.

To summarize: My argument is not trying to control or block people who use ad blockers or any other similar third party software, my argument is that from my perspective, what they are doing is wrong.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

I am not interested in controlling the behavior of my visitors, I am simply defining rules that I expect from my visitors to obey when they visit my sites. This is what every legit site does.

It may be in the virtual world but a website is no different than a physical public place such as a store, a cafe or whatever. As the owner, I can set rules on how people access my place. And I can take precautions if they violate the rules. A site being freely available on the internet does not mean that a visitor can do anything with it. That's why we have "terms of use" stuff on every single website.

To summarize: My argument is not trying to control or block people who use ad blockers or any other similar third party software, my argument is that from my perspective, what they are doing is wrong.

Well, good luck with that. Maybe you should just put a great big splash screen with "THE RULES" and make people check a little box before they see your site.

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cu66 11 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Well, good luck with that. Maybe you should just put a great big splash screen with "THE RULES" and make people check a little box before they see your site.

Actually, there are businesses that do have that option. They're called membership sites. The reason they don't have ads is because the users have to pay to view their content, that includes having to "put a great big splash screen with "THE RULES" and make people check a little box before they see your site."

You can't force the user to view ads but look at it from the businesses perspective. Showing ads is how they are able to continue serving you quality content. I've seen many websites go down with an apology post like "We can no longer sustain this website".

The more moeny they get the better their website gets, a good website like Facebook doesn't have intrusive ads anyway so who really cares. I have adblock plus but don't really use it because the ads are moderate and don't bother me, and the person who made the program is against people using the tool to block ads that aren't intrusive, he said it himself somewhere on his personal blog.

I think programs that block ads will become obsolete, or a law pertaining internet usage rights will be passed in the future. You can be certain it will never happen, but times change and the way things work is changing. More people are making a living off of advertisements.
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LBspeaks

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

As the owner, I can set rules on how people access my place. And I can take precautions if they violate the rules. A site being freely available on the internet does not mean that a visitor can do anything with it. That's why we have "terms of use" stuff on every single website.

Most people have trouble understanding the concept of boundaries. But just like a physical store, it is YOUR responsibility to see to it that impressions are not prevented on your website.

The worst thing you can do is to set rules and then not enforce them.

A lot of people here were pissed when Google introduced Sidebar and some comments. "It is my website", they said. "It makes it too easy for a competitor or anyone to tarnish my image and kill my income", they shouted.

The same people don't realize that some people earn their livelihoods using ads in one way or another.

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kindsvater

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

In my opinion, if a visitor is using a third party tool to change the way a website is displayed, i.e., by blocking ads, he/she is in violation of the terms of use of that website.

I agree, and I use the techniques previously mentioned to circumvent the ad blockers for my websites. These ad blockers can be very aggressive. For instance, the AWeber domain is commonly blocked - which means any hosted signup forms do not appear on a web page and email links do not work.

I always download ad graphics to host locally, and give them unique names. You will typically not see my websites loading graphics from Amazon or a CPA service.

On the other hand ...

As a consumer and web surfer, I have two ad blockers active on my web browser and wouldn't surf without them. They significantly speed up websites and I don't see so many ads. When I turn them off my jaw drops when I see how many ads some sites are spewing.

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stockpost

12 years ago

Ads are not evil. They are the main source of income for many types of businesses. Ads are everywhere, on TV, newspapers, magazines, billboards, metro, buses and websites. Blocking ads on the Internet will be equivalent to closing down the Internet because not too many websites will survive without ads.

Some of the ads are evil.
There are ads that send malware and fishing code etc.
I block ads as I don't want my computer or personal info be hacked by using malware.

As long as some one can tell me which sites are bad and which are good, I would enable ads and only visit the safe sites.

There are website that do not show content unless ads are enabled.
So, if you prefer people who do not enable ads should not visit your site.
You could do something like that.

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Nail Yener 12 years ago

Originally Posted by stockpost

There are ads that send malware and fishing code etc.

That's an entirely different topic. I was referring to ads in general. Of course malicious activities should be blocked in all possible ways.
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Corey Geer

12 years ago

I see this from both sides.

Viewer - They don't want to be sold random crap or see random ads, they just want information.

Webmaster - They have to make money and a living somehow. I doubt many people are putting up websites because they thoroughly enjoy providing this information to others.

In an effort to kill off ads what people are actually doing is reducing the budget and the income of the owner who runs that site. I get that they don't want to see ads but at the same time, someone has to be supporting the person running the website. Can you imagine if EVERYONE had AdBlock Plus. How many websites do you think there would be?

Sure, AdBlock does block the most common types of ads, but if you're selling your own product or your own custom made banner, you'll be fine. Don't name your images banner/ad/click/etc or anything related that might indicate there's an ad there.

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charidemos

12 years ago

there is a WP plugin that forces your visitors to see your website ads even though they have Adblock plus, but I can't remember the name...

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by charidemos

there is a WP plugin that forces your visitors to see your website ads even though they have Adblock plus, but I can't remember the name...

Or you could just be glad you have visitors to your site, respect their viewing preferences and create text ads, which are reported to have a higher click through rate anyway if your copy is compelling enough that your visitors wish to read it.

Many people, including myself have ad blindness. I don't look at them or even notice them at all. They do not imprint in my brain. Is there a plugin to ban everyone who also has ad blindness? Probably not.

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Barry Unruh

10 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Or you could just be glad you have visitors to your site, respect their viewing preferences and create text ads, which are reported to have a higher click through rate anyway if your copy is compelling enough that your visitors wish to read it.

Wow, wouldn't that be simply amazing if people actually wrote great reviews, or tutorials, and then just linked to the products in their content.

It just might work....

And doesn't get blocked..

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LBspeaks

12 years ago

It's only a matter of time before such plugins become obsolete. You think Google is just going to do nothing about the Millions lost everyday because Youtube visitors are using these softwares?

Me neither.

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quesquaya

12 years ago

The deal is if someone goes to lengths to block ads, and yours gets through, they will avoid you in the future with a vengeance, even if you have something they need, simply because you disrupted the sanctity of their surfing...

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RachelLily

11 years ago

There are a few scripts out there that can do this. However, if one simply disables javascript, those measures are defeated. There's really not much you can do other than beg your users to whitelist your site (and possibly offer "premium" accounts that don't have ads).

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KevinNLeeds

9 years ago

As a user in 2015 -

Chess.com is playing a trick on me to get me to join.

When I try to use their site with ABP, I can no longer use some of the features.

It's causing me to lose some chess games! (The ads will also have that effect.) Even some vote chess games with paid member teams are in jeopardy right now.

I'm in a real pickle. I don't know how they did it exactly. I imagine they detect if the ads are on my page, and then if the ads are on my page they let me have the useful scripts.

I think I can figure out the strategy to overcome this but I'd have to get down and dirty in Firefox to hack it. It would be real interesting!

It's kind of fascinating how the boundaries of chess, which are neatly contained in the 8x8 grid and the rules, keep leaking, so the real world gets in - programming, and money, or both at once. I might even have to try marketing gigs to get money to pay for the chess membership. Can only stay inside a bubble for so long. (There is no Smilie that conveys my feelings about this.)

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CaptainSEO1988

9 years ago

Isn't there a JS solution? Force visitors to allow the ads or they won't be able to see the content?

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8 years ago

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