Showing posts with label Google flexed its muscles with new ad-blocking rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google flexed its muscles with new ad-blocking rules. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 20, 2018


By CNBC, Feb. 17, 2018

Earlier this week, Google rolled out new filtering policies for its Chrome browser that will block all advertising on websites that serve particularly annoying ads, like autoplay videos with sound or full-page pop-ups.

The idea behind this move is pretty straightforward: If users don't have to deal with intrusive ad experiences, they may be less likely to download third-party ad blockers. Ad blockers crush revenue opportunities for websites that rely on ads to make money while also affecting the bottom line of ad providers like Google, which pays a fee to whitelist its ads in popular services like Adblock Plus.