AD BLOCK PLUS

Amira Hasan 270-004

Outline

What is Ad block Plus What can Ad block Plus do Installing Adblock Plus Choosing a filter subscription Disabling Adblock Plus Solving problems Uninstalling Adblock Plus Award Argument References

What is Ad block Plus

Content-filtering An extension for Firefox

Descargar Adblock Plus. (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from bitecno: http://www.bitecno.com/descargar-adblock-plus/

What can Ad block Plus do?

looks at all requests made by web pages Block the request The request should matches a filter in

Adblock Plus

Flash Banners. (2010). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from swordfox: http://www.swordfoxdesign.co.nz/portfolio/flash/hermitage-grabaroom-banner/

Installing Adblock Plus

Adblock page addons.mozilla.org Click the big green installation button Confirm installation restart the application when asked

Show me how this is done

Installing Adblock Plus

Choosing a filter subscription

Choosing a filter subscription filters tell Adblock what should be

blocked EasyList (targeted at English-language

sites) List of filters

Disabling Adblock Plus

Show me how this is done

Ryan, S. ( 2010, January 20). You must disable or remove Adblock to visit this website. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from stephenryan.ie: http://blog.stephenryan.ie/2010/01/you-must-disable-or-remove-adblock-to-visit-this-website/

Disabling Adblock Plus

Solving problems

What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an

advertisement?

Solving problems

What if Adblock Plus blocks too much? dealing with a bad filter Disable filter

What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an advertisement?

Use the right filter subscriptionHow do I block a banner: If the banner is an object (Flash or

Java):

How do I block a banner?

IF the banner is an object (Flash or Java) and doesn't have a context menu:

Uninstalling Adblock Plus

Go to menu Tools Add-ons Select Adblock Plus in the list and click

the "Uninstall" button

Award

PC World chose Adblock Plus as one of the 100 best products of 2007.

Kara Keeep . (n.d.). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from blogspot: http://karakeeep.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

Argument

The use of Adblock tantamount to theft: Cutting off income stream of website

operators who use online advertisements.

malihulk. (2010). google adwords machine. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from media.photobucket: http://media.photobucket.com/image/google_adwords_machine.png+/malihulk/google_adwords_machine.png

References:Adblock Plus. (2010, November 7 ). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus

Larkin, E. (2010, May 12). Adblock Plus Hides Ads in Firefox. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from pcworld: http://www.pcworld.com/article/194641/adblock_plus_hides_ads_in_firefox.html

Palant, W. (2010 , November 3). Add-ons for Firefox. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from mozilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

IanProCastsCoUk (Director). (2009). Adblock Plus in just over 1 Minute [Motion Picture].

malihulk. (2010). google adwords machine. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from media.photobucket: http://media.photobucket.com/image/google_adwords_machine.png+/malihulk/google_adwords_machine.png

Kara Keeep . (n.d.). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from blogspot: http://karakeeep.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

Ryan, S. ( 2010, January 20). You must disable or remove Adblock to visit this website. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from stephenryan.ie: http://blog.stephenryan.ie/2010/01/you-must-disable-or-remove-adblock-to-visit-this-website/

Descargar Adblock Plus. (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from bitecno: http://www.bitecno.com/descargar-adblock-plus/

Flash Banners. (2010). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from swordfox: http://www.swordfoxdesign.co.nz/portfolio/flash/hermitage-grabaroom-banner/

Thank you!