How to fight ad blockers?

[bret]

Originally posted by xsiteu
Simply changing the name of the directory with the banners will not fix the problem. It will mean a few more are seen but that is it.

I can tell you that lots of these add killer programs have a database of known ULR's of sponsor programs. Not just generic patterns. So you need certian text patters in order to link to sponsors - you can not alter these to fool the add-killer.

Why not just swap them around - put your pics into your banner folder. It will only effect those who are running a add killer and might just encourage them not to use it if enough people did it.

Try to fight and and get around these add killers is a lot of work.

Its the content that the surfers are coming for and if you make the add killer fuck around with the content then it will be the surfers that will dump the add killer.

Its not about text or banner add - again its the content that the surfers are there for so the same solution applies to both.

Make these programs counter productive for their user.

I seem to be pissing in the wind here.

surfers adapt VERY quickly. they do not, nor do they want to, think about what software is doing what. they forget the ad blocker is even running, just like their anti-virus software, firewall, etc. they are not going to come to your page and say, "hey there should be content here, i bet my ad blocker is stoping me from seeing it." they are going to say "ok, what the fuck is wrong with this jack pole's site." as the close the window and navigate else where.