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posted by on Saturday June 03 2017, @12:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the nope,-no-conflict-here dept.

Google plans to block "unacceptable" ads in Google Chrome starting in 2018, and is preparing publishers for this reality:

News that Google intends to install an ad-blocker in its Chrome browser shocked the tech and publishing world in April. Now, details of how the program will work are starting to become clear.

The Google ad-blocker will block all advertising on sites that have a certain number of "unacceptable ads," according to The Wall Street Journal. That includes ads that have pop-ups, auto-playing video, and "prestitial" count-down ads that delay the display of content.

[...] The company hasn't made its plans public, but Google has discussed its plans with publishers, who will get at least six months to prepare for the change coming sometime in 2018. Publishers will get a tool called "Ad Experience Reports," which "will alert them to offending ads on their sites and explain how to fix the issues," the Journal reports.

Google is also offering a tool called "Funding Choices," which would present users who have non-Chrome ad blockers with a message asking them to disable their ad-blockers or pay to remove advertising.

When you open a YouTube video, it typically auto-plays an advertisement.

Will this become Google's antitrust moment?


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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:46PM (3 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:46PM (#519925) Journal
    I do know how to spell, and that was deliberate. Read the sentence carefully.
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    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:31PM (#519948)

    so you're saying you were misunderestimated.

    • (Score: 1) by Arik on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:54AM

      by Arik (4543) on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:54AM (#520124) Journal
      Original:

      "Unfortunately these days there are more and more sights I really do need to access that just aren't websites at all."

      Emphasis added for your benefit:

      "Unfortunately these days there are more and more *sights* I really do need to access that just aren't web*sites* at all."

      These things of which I speak are "sights" - they are things to be seen, but unfortunately they are not "websites" - accessible locations on the world wide web.

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      If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:33PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:33PM (#520205) Homepage Journal

    I still don't get the joke.

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