Chrome filter: Google's adblocker wants to get rid of adblocker

The Chrome browser will soon block annoying advertising formats such as pop-ups and self-playing videos. All of them should benefit – even the advertising industry, Google claims.

Chrome filter: Google's adblocker wants to get rid of adblocker
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    A bad day rich to move people to Installiereneines adblockers. If after a lousy day at work or in a crowded S-Bahnauf way home on first website, which you open imbrowser, even a pop-up opens, AdBlocker hyper downloaded. Just described it dieVerantwortlichen by Google on Tuesday in a press briefing.

    To ensure that this does not happen, Google's Chrome browser will receive new functionality for users in North America and Europe in upcoming Wocheeine. With an update am15. The chrome filter is used in February: both in desktop and in mobile version of Chrome, it is intended to remove ads on sites that contain VonNutzern suspected advertisements. These include etwaPop-ups and auto-playing promotional videos.

    To deliver chrome with a pre-installed adblocker sounds strange at first. Finally, Google itself is world's largest online ad network. But company has a plan: it wants to ensure in longer term that users use fewer third-party adblockers – and by way DieWerbebranche educate. Because if re is no more pesky advertising, no one Nutztauch AdBlocker – believes at least Google. The chrome filter is offered to benefit wronged also by using online advertising (about time online). But not everyone sees development as optimistic.

    Twelve advertising formats to be banned

    In turn: 2016, Google had teamed up with n newly gegründetenIndustrieorganisation Coalition for Better Ads (CFBA). DerZusammenschluss from companies like Microsoft and Google, media such as The Washington Post and publishers like AxelSpringer would like to formulate guidelines for better online advertising and thus allow Nutzerneinen more pleasant stay on net.

    Initially, CFBA 25,000 asked American and EuropäischeInternetnutzer which forms of advertising y find particularly annoying. Twelve formats such as pop-ups and self-playing videos came out, but Auchmitscrollende banners and displays with countdown counters: The initial better ads standards. They now form DieGrundlage for chrome filter.

    According to study of CFBA, Google had been examining around 100,000 websites that participate in Google's AdSense program last year on Dorteingesetzten advertising forms. Around 1,000 of m caught up with annoying publicity and refore got a warning. In this, y were encouraged to stop particularly intrusive advertising. Orwise, all advertising in Chrome browser could be blocked in future.

    Only 0.9 percent of all websites affected

    This announcement is now being put to Google with introduction of Chrome filter. If websites still use one of twelve formats after 30 days, advertising on se pages will be blocked. Notonly affected elements, but all advertising – including DenBanneranzeigen by Google itself. The operators can have a Google service, Ad Experience report, check at any time wher advertising on your site meets requirements.

    According to Google, only 0.9 percent of 100,000 besuchtenWebsites did not comply with CFBA. This means that most chrome users will probably not notice it when chrome filter is introduced. Because, unlike or adblockers, it is not meant for blocking all advertising formats on a page, but only becomes active when individual pages violate guidelines. And because it is initially limited to Websitesaus North America and Europe – for or regions, dieCoalition for better ads has not yet developed guidelines.

    The chrome filter is refore not intended as a substitute for andereAdblocker, but primarily as an educational measure for providers vonWebsites and advertisements. "Ideally, Chrome does not filter main thing," says a company spokesman. If everyone is dieVorgaben and does not use annoying advertising formats, n DieNutzer would have less reason to even access adblocker at all.

    Date Of Update: 08 February 2018, 12:03
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