Question about ad blockers - GoFuckYourself.com

kinkage · 07-28-2004, 06:49 PM

Does anyone know a good way to get around ad blockers. I'm talking about the little programs that will block your banner ads from being displayed. The one in particular that i'm having trouble getting around is Norton Internet Security. Any advice you guys can give is appreciated.

Global Dialers · 07-28-2004, 06:50 PM

make sure you name the banner directory something other than 'ads' 'banners' 'advertising' etc etc

baddog · 07-28-2004, 07:10 PM

http://www.softwaresells.com/slidingads/

kinkage · 07-28-2004, 07:13 PM

Sweet, thanks for the suggestions

kinkage · 07-28-2004, 07:54 PM

aight, I tried renaming my directory named 'ads' to 'revsrc' and updated my banner script, but the ads are still not showing through NIS. Any other suggestions?

The Other Steve · 07-28-2004, 08:38 PM

You will find that Nortons actually blocks some of the sponsor sites by name. Maxcash is one that is blocked by name.

There is a url encoding program for sale called Link Cloaker 5 that will encode your links and fool Nortons.

warlock5 · 07-28-2004, 09:02 PM

size of the image may also be an issue. In the past, I would download blacklists off the internet and add them to my hosts file. Anything from those domains was blocked.

Lycanthrope · 07-28-2004, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kinkage
aight, I tried renaming my directory named 'ads' to 'revsrc' and updated my banner script, but the ads are still not showing through NIS. Any other suggestions?

Global Dialers made a good point... don't call your ad directory, ads, banners, etc. but I see you tried that already. Some of them are getting "smart" and recognizing affiliate codes. They see a code, it assume it is a banner and won't display it. One way around this is pointing to a simple php w/ a redirect in it.

<?p h p
h e a d er ('Location: http://your.linkingcode.here');
?>

kinkage · 07-28-2004, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lycanthrope
Global Dialers made a good point... don't call your ad directory, ads, banners, etc. but I see you tried that already. Some of them are getting "smart" and recognizing affiliate codes. They see a code, it assume it is a banner and won't display it. One way around this is pointing to a simple php w/ a redirect in it.

<?p h p
h e a d er ('Location: http://your.linkingcode.here');
?>

I do use a script now that displays a random image, also the link goes to another script i use to track clicks, and then redirect them to another site. The click tracking script is named 'adclick.asp' so maybe i need to change that to remove the word ad.

kinkage · 07-29-2004, 12:26 AM

Any ideas from the overnight crowd?

RicardoB · 07-29-2004, 02:01 AM

DHTML exits work well for me.

fr8 · 07-29-2004, 02:06 AM

Would mod_rewrite help any in the php area?

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kinkage Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 75	Question about ad blockers Does anyone know a good way to get around ad blockers. I'm talking about the little programs that will block your banner ads from being displayed. The one in particular that i'm having trouble getting around is Norton Internet Security. Any advice you guys can give is appreciated. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

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Global Dialers Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Spain Posts: 1,349	make sure you name the banner directory something other than 'ads' 'banners' 'advertising' etc etc __________________ the hun gets revenue from pre-paid gallery placements on the top 15 spaces and banners. the rest of thegalleries are free placements.

07-28-2004, 07:13 PM	#4
kinkage Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 75	Sweet, thanks for the suggestions __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

07-28-2004, 07:54 PM	#5
kinkage Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 75	aight, I tried renaming my directory named 'ads' to 'revsrc' and updated my banner script, but the ads are still not showing through NIS. Any other suggestions? __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

07-28-2004, 08:38 PM	#6
The Other Steve Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sunny Queensland - perfect one day and better the next. Posts: 2,106	You will find that Nortons actually blocks some of the sponsor sites by name. Maxcash is one that is blocked by name. There is a url encoding program for sale called Link Cloaker 5 that will encode your links and fool Nortons. __________________ Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

07-28-2004, 07:10 PM	#3
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	http://www.softwaresells.com/slidingads/

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warlock5 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Uranus Posts: 2,808	size of the image may also be an issue. In the past, I would download blacklists off the internet and add them to my hosts file. Anything from those domains was blocked.

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kinkage Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 75	Any ideas from the overnight crowd? __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

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