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Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Thaya Kareeson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:48:53 -0000

Welcome back Rosyidi! I still haven't gotten the chance to package this JS into a WordPress plugin. I'm planning to set aside a few hours this weekend to do so. Hopefully I should be able to release a one-click activate WordPress plugin version of this early next week.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

rosyidi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:01:41 -0000

But If our blog is very usefull. And visitors need it, I think they will come back although they must turn off adblock plus.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

rosyidi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:58:56 -0000

wow..this's the greatest plugin.
Thank you very much Thaya. I love your plugin very much. I'll use it on my new blog. Cause my blog using Indonesian Advertiser, so Ads Block Plus not affected at all.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Cristi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:42:34 -0000

True... that would be a honest request towards the user. Most understand that you need ads on the site to keep up the good work.

I personally don't like forcing the user to take more actions then needed to access the content unless I have a really good reason for it.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Thaya Kareeson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:55:16 -0000

I will probably move towards that model. Thanks for the honest opinions!

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Thaya Kareeson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:43:34 -0000

@McBane,
Thank you for your input. What do you think about something like AdBlock detection one time request for the reader to turn off AdBlock? (see AdBlock Detection)

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Thaya Kareeson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:43:01 -0000

@Christi,
Thank you for your input. What do you think about something like AdBlock detection one time request for the reader to turn off AdBlock? (see AdBlock Detection)

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

McBane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:51:59 -0000

Exactly, its not like you have the site of sites here buddy.... People will just plain never ever comeback. I use ad block plus and your little message didn't show. I couldn't see your site at all until I turned it off....

So unless you have the holy grail of the internet, don't do this !

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Cristi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:34:16 -0000

The people that block ads won't click on any so I find this pointless. You'll just annoy them.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

redwall_hp — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:36:39 -0000

This is pretty neat. I'm not about to start using it myself, but it certainly is an interesting idea, and there surely are people who would use it.

Now if you could display a little strip along the top of the screen reprimanding the AdBlockers for blocking your ads, that would be good too. Sort of like the "x popups blocked" bar, or that WordPress plugin that warns IE users that their browser isn't so great.

Re: How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock

Thaya Kareeson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:18:24 -0000

@Matt
I still need to figure out what methods of anti-AdBlock I will support
if/when I roll out the plugin. I'm sure that some publishers will want what
you mentioned. So it'll definitely go into the plugin.