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Originally posted by Entreri
That's what I was talking about. If you think about it, blocking a text ad is even more difficult than blocking a banner or a pop-up ad. A text ad is only an html link afterall... the blocker cannot block all links or it would make all html pages useless. 
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Entreri: Thanks for this info! The logic behind your answer is IMHO the only way to approach this subject. I'll do some research on this first, and I'll get back later.
kamilla: I do not see a way to redirect someone who uses ad-blockers without using some form of trojan prog which sends info about installed software which on the other hand is illegal. You can't know from HTTP header if someone uses ad-blocker. Right now not many people use ad-blocking software, but since the market of these expands rapidly it's just a matter of time when very lagre part of surfers will use ad-blockers. I see this question as a prevention of major losses of our income. BTW, just thought about it... there might be a way to find out if someone uses ad-blocker: since most ad blockers are bundled with firewalls then probing some usually open port on client PC and finding out that it's closed is good indication that client uses firewall... and then possibly ad-blocker. Then again it's really a desperate measure and I'm not sure if it's legal.
Q for major TGP/LL owners: which way of hiding ads would be acceptable on submitted pages? I think we need to work together on this right now and solve the problem for good. I strongly believe the ad-blocking market will evolve very rapidly and we need to do something about it.
BTW, if someone needs anti-anti-popups, maxcash site offers an interesting solution to this. Not that I recommend anyone using these because surfers are much more educated nowdays, and will get pissed off and leave popup-site.