Comments - How to Banish Facebook Ads - TechHui2024-03-29T15:53:33Zhttp://www.techhui.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1702911%3ABlogPost%3A16358&xn_auth=noFor some reason the ads on Fa…tag:www.techhui.com,2008-07-02:1702911:Comment:165702008-07-02T10:04:29.152ZChris Runnellshttp://www.techhui.com/profile/ChrisRunnells
For some reason the ads on Facebook never bothered me. At least they don't allow those "You're the 100,000th viewer and you won a prize" flashing banners.<br />
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I think in the long run advertisers will have to focus on targeting their ads better (somehow). Ads that are relevant to the viewers interest are more likely to be paid attention to and/or clicked on.<br />
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Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748) allows users to edit Javascript on the fly, which seems to me like it has…
For some reason the ads on Facebook never bothered me. At least they don't allow those "You're the 100,000th viewer and you won a prize" flashing banners.<br />
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I think in the long run advertisers will have to focus on targeting their ads better (somehow). Ads that are relevant to the viewers interest are more likely to be paid attention to and/or clicked on.<br />
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Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748) allows users to edit Javascript on the fly, which seems to me like it has much worse ramifications for advertisers and "Web 2.0" sites in general. However, it made me wonder wh…tag:www.techhui.com,2008-07-01:1702911:Comment:164022008-07-01T05:08:47.916ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<i>However, it made me wonder what ramifications that bodes for advertising-only business models for Web 2.0 companies.</i><br />
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Having worked for a few of these companies I say with confidence they are concerned. If ad blocking becomes a standard browser feature that is effective and widely used we will end up seeing a lot more customer pay models. Of course, the ad networks will fight back by changing the way ads are served and a technology battle will ensue before this happens.
<i>However, it made me wonder what ramifications that bodes for advertising-only business models for Web 2.0 companies.</i><br />
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Having worked for a few of these companies I say with confidence they are concerned. If ad blocking becomes a standard browser feature that is effective and widely used we will end up seeing a lot more customer pay models. Of course, the ad networks will fight back by changing the way ads are served and a technology battle will ensue before this happens. I no longer use facebook beca…tag:www.techhui.com,2008-07-01:1702911:Comment:163692008-07-01T00:41:13.324ZScott Murphyhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/ScottMurphy
I no longer use facebook because I was getting tired of all the 'super-poking' but here is a firefox addon that blocks ads. Really helpful to get rid of those adsense ads. I'm not sure if it works for facebook but it might be worth looking into.<br />
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
I no longer use facebook because I was getting tired of all the 'super-poking' but here is a firefox addon that blocks ads. Really helpful to get rid of those adsense ads. I'm not sure if it works for facebook but it might be worth looking into.<br />
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865