(written by BirdOPrey5)
I estimate at least a third of my users use “ad-block” software for their browsers… some have noted they specifically white-list my forum but obviously the vast majority of users who do use it never will.
Over the years I found some JavaScript code that can detect the ad-block software (so long as they don’t couple it with script-blocking too.) If you visit my site as an unregistered/not-logged-in user and attempt to view a thread you will get a pop-up alert box saying ad-block has been detected and please turn it off… however I wouldn’t dare do this to registered users.
Just curious how other people deal with ad-block, if it all.
Ignoring the problem allows me not to worry a second about it.
Now if there was an easy solution, even the javascript you have, I would without a problem use a javascript redirect to send all ad block users to a page saying they can die as far as I'm concerned.
But I don't want to spend any time researching this solution yet. Even if they can also disable javascript to null this solution, I would put it nonetheless.
My particularity is that I try to focus on non technical audience, so they wouldn't have ad block activated. But I have some sites with advanced users, the ones producing the content for me, in that case I would send them to a page saying they should put my site in the ad block whitelist if they want to continue using it.
But as I said I didn't do it, because in all honesty I don't care about this problem yet, I earn more than enough with adsense, and I don't think those using ad blocker now would be ad clicker anyway, even without ad blocker.
If ad blocker starts to be a default setting of popular browsers, then I'll have to be proactive about it!
I have the luck to target a niche where all users are not tech savvy so 95% of them don't use Ad block software.
I spend a lot of though about this problem years ago.
One Idea of mine was to put all Ads in a div with a background image that says that this site is free because of the Ads displayed.
And if all users would block Ads I have to charge them for our service.
Users without Ad-Block would see the Ads and users using an Ad-Block software would see the image.
It is much easier then using javascript and works for all users even those who disables js.
However like I said before, users who decided to block Ads are most likely not clicking on your Ads anyways so why bother?
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I use Ad-Block too and I would never deactivate it just because a website I am visiting tells me to ;)
Another approach would be, if it would be possible to detect an Ad-Block script (which I am not sure), to completely deny access to your website as long as it is enabled.
Now there are 3 possibilities when viewing my site:
1. User doesn't use adblock, everything is displayed as normal (adsense blocks the background image).
2. User uses regular adblock - Adsense is blocked but background image shows asking user to please disable adblock.
3. User uses adblock plus for firefox- Both ad and backup image are blocked but my javascript code detects this and pops up an alert window explaining the situation.
Would be an interesting case study.