Adblock - Is there a good way to ask users not to use it?

[NeilF]

I'll swear sometime ago I saw a dedicated site/app which gave you code you could embed in your HTML pages that would handle all the detection and delivery of a polite request the user does not use an adblocker.

Looking now, I can't see to find anything other that do it yourself coding tricks to detect and react to adblockers?

 

[Dynix]

A quick Google suggests the best way is to check the height / visibility of your ad wrapped and do something accordingly: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4869154/how-to-detect-adblock-on-my-website

I like one of the suggestions further down:

- Create a file: ads.js
- Add the following to the file: var canRunAds = true;
- Include the ads.js file: <script src="/js/ads.js"></script>
- Check if canRunAds is defined and true on your main page:

<script>
if( window.canRunAds === undefined ) {
  // Show message, image, etc
}
</script>

This relies on the adblockers detecting "ads.js" as a possible advert by its name, but I'd assume most, if not all, should.

 

[NeilF]

That's the exact approach I'm taking, and it does appear to work. Although if you try it on LOCALHOST it doesn't. You need to run it out on a proper domain.

But I'm certain when I was looking at this last year there was a site where you could create an account, get some simple code, and plug that into your site and they'd handle everything (a nice warning) for you.

 

[Mynight]

http://pagefair.com

Wouldn't be them would it?

Just a word of warning I wouldn't do this if you're using google adsense I found out the hard way anti Adblock violates their policies.

 

[NeilF]

http://pagefair.com

Wouldn't be them would it?

Just a word of warning I wouldn't do this if you're using google adsense I found out the hard way anti Adblock violates their policies.

That's the one! Thanks!

No! Gave up on google ads years ago! Far too painful!

 

[Mynight]

Haha yes it can be a pain in the arse but I earn well now just have to be bloody careful.

May I ask who you're using now? Just wonder if someone found a better network.

 

[NeilF]

Haha yes it can be a pain in the arse but I earn well now just have to be bloody careful.

May I ask who you're using now? Just wonder if someone found a better network.

I'm primarily with Gorilla Nation, obviously a bit of a niche advertiser. But their payout has dropped a lot in the past 12 months since they were taken over.

I've also used SwitchAds (good rate eg: over 20p per 1000 impressions, but lowish fill rate) and Qadabra as a general fallback for a guaranteed fulfillment.

 

[Mynight]

Brilliant thank you ill have to try them out.

 

[NeilF]

I've set up pagefair now to get an idea of how many impressions I'm losing to ad blockers! ie: Do I need to worry about it.

Brilliant thank you ill have to try them out.

SwitchAds seems very slick but they will not fulfill all your impressions, so you need a default for them to fall back to in such cases. In my case Qadabra! At the moment SwitchAds fill about 25-35% of the impressions at typically 25-35p per thousand.

 

[Mynight]

After I got banned from adsense for the script(got reinstated) I set up a script to count Adblock users found out they counted for almost 15% of my traffic which equates to about £100 a month

I can understand Adblock for ads like pop over/under and those auto play video ads but I just can't see the issue with banner ads myself.

I need something to fill inbetween my partner ads. So ill give switch ads a shot.

 

[NeilF]

After I got banned from adsense for the script(got reinstated) I set up a script to count Adblock users found out they counted for almost 15% of my traffic which equates to about £100 a month

I can understand Adblock for ads like pop over/under and those auto play video ads but I just can't see the issue with banner ads myself.

I need something to fill inbetween my partner ads. So ill give switch ads a shot.

Well, fairpage seem to offer a system of offering ads even to adblockers? I've no experience of that though...

If you give SwitchAds a go you will need a default to fall through to. As I said they have a low fill rate. Qadabra seem reliable, but generally have a low rate. That said, I've had (rare) days where out of the blue the rate is well over $1 per thousand!

 

[Mynight]

From what I can remember eyeo allows ad companies to pay a fee and as long as they comply by some guidelines Adblock won't touch their ads.

Bit of a cop out but they claim it works.