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Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry

Mashable- Whenever discussion starts about how to hide from the tracking code that follows users around the web to serve them targeted ads, recommendations soon pile up for a browser add-on called Ghostery. It blocks tracking code, noticeably speeds up how quickly pages load as a result and has roughly 19 million users. Yet few of those who advocate Ghostery as a way to escape the clutches of the online ad industry realize that the company behind it, Evidon, is in fact part of that selfsame industry.

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Settler3963d ago

I didn't even know that these ad blockers decrease the impressions and thereby saving the Advertiser's money. :P

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WhatsApp Unveils Surprising Ads—Not the End, but What's the Catch?

WhatsApp, Meta's priciest acquisition at almost $20 billion in 2014, poses unique challenges for monetization.

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Meta is going to add even more ads into Instagram

In this article, we have bad news for those of you who hate to see ads on Instagram. Meta’s photo-sharing social media platform will likely add more ads to the service.

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Amazon will start slapping ads on Echo Show devices

The company hopes to draw in more app developers with its pop-up ads.

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