Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. Anthony Ha Fri, Dec 1, 2023 Google/YouTube YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it’ll simply stop … Continue reading Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers
Ad blocker users may experience five-second delays in loading video pages, irrespective of their browser choice on YouTube. Nicola Agius on November 22, 2023 YouTube has admitted to intentionally creating a suboptimal experience for users employing ad blockers. Reports of a deliberate five-second delay in loading video pages on Mozilla’s Firefox have emerged on forums … Continue reading YouTube is deliberately ‘suboptimal’ for people using ad blockers
YouTube Premium family plan now costs $23 a month Sean Buckley @seaniccus If you subscribe to a YouTube Premium family plan, you may want to check your email: Google is notifying users that the monthly cost of the service will be going up by $5 a month. Starting in November, most users will … Continue reading YouTube test threatens to block viewers if they continue using ad blockers
Now is the time to start rethinking what’s next for website analytics. Alex Vale on February 11, 2020 I work for a B2B SaaS product and one of my tasks is to produce a monthly analytics report that breaks down our lead conversion rates. I track the conversion rate of website lands > demo requests … Continue reading Soapbox: Are ad blockers breaking the foundations of digital marketing?
Revisit your revenue model to creatively adapt to users who are increasingly embracing ad blockers. It’s time to try whitelisting and native advertising. Grayson Kemper on March 4, 2019 Content is king but it doesn’t funnel money directly into your bank account (it takes time). Ads do. Every marketer, given their choice, could sell ads … Continue reading What are marketers’ options for handling ad blockers?
Link building is tough to begin with and made harder when company policies slow down the workflow. Contributor Paddy Moogan looks at ways to identify and work around common link-building blockers. Paddy Moogan on June 29, 2018 I’ve said it before, and I’ll probably continue to say it in the future: Link building is … Continue reading Getting it done: how to overcome common link building blockers
Don’t Fear Ad Blockers if You Have The Right Ads by Daniel Meehan , January 25, 2018 Chrome’s ad blocker launches Feb. 15. The move has been met with some concern, if only because of the threat it could pose to advertisers. “Could,” because Chrome’s move, to block ads not in compliance with Coalition for … Continue reading Don’t Fear Ad Blockers if You Have The Right Ads
Personal Branding Blog — June 23, 2017 — June 23, 2017 Unsplash / Pixabay A few years ago ad blockers began to emerge which has greatly impacted the number of visitors and subscribers on a brand website. Since Google has updated algorithm and new apps have emerged these important online relationships have dwindled. The good … Continue reading Win Over Your Brand Audience Despite the Rise of Ad Blockers
by Andy Cockburn Follow @mentionmeshareOctober 8, 2016 Ad blocking software has rapidly emerged as a major, well… blocker to brand and publisher revenue streams in the past couple of years. Consider this statistic: last year, there was an 82% annual increase in the number of UK internet users adopting ad blockers on a monthly basis, … Continue reading The Rise of Ad Blockers: What it Means for Brands
Don’t believe the naysayers. Columnist David Rodnitzky explains why the paranoia surrounding ad blocking is exaggerated and why it will never happen en masse. David Rodnitzky on June 28, 2016 A classic scene in Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” has the leader of a rebel movement asking the rhetorical question, “What have the … Continue reading Why ad blockers are not a threat to the online ad industry
