

The ad has a 10-second timer, after which an easy-to-see skip button appears.Ĭhrome also will block "sticky" ads, either 970x250 or 580x400, but not 728x90Īds that serve up at the bottom of the site visitor's screen and remain there regardless of whether the person scrolls up or down. This means that before the article loads, a user is shown a full-page adĬontain with a 300x250 image. Google will also block a pop-up ad with countdown, and a prestitial ad with countdown. It automatically begins playing and sound is enabled on the player. This ad unit is a 640x390 video ad placed between two paragraphs in the article on a web page. The analysis found that Google Chrome will block autoplaying inline video ads with Adblock compared what the CBA qualified as acceptableĪds against Adblock's current Acceptable Ads definition. The CBA's white paper published the results of tests on 55 different types of desktop ads for acceptability. To determine the type of ads Chrome will block, an Adblock Plus team used the specification from the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA) white paper published in 2017 calledĭetermining a Better Ads Standard Based on User Experience Data, It allows advertisers to find a way to reach young, tech-savvy consumers, which Williams defines as a "very valuable audience." He said "there's a way to reach this demographic on Williams said it seems that Google is only really trying to remove the absolute worst ads from the web - which is positive - but it won't make ad-blocking users stop using the "It will take away the absolute worst in ads, according to the research, but it won't affect the increase of ad Who block ads, it won't really affect the uptick in ad blocking," he said. "It's important for to understand that for those Williams said the company wanted to tell Adblock users what to expect.

Team translate the tech speak into plain language. The blog TechDroider points to code for the new version, 64, outlined in the Git log, but Adblock Plus Ops Manager Ben Williams and Websites from opening new windows or tabs without the permission of the site visitor. The latest version of Google Chrome with autoplay and ad blocker became available through Google Play on Wednesday for devices running Android mobile.
