In an article published by Scott Spencer,
Google promises to stop bad ads. Scott Spencer, Vice President of
Product Management, Ads Privacy and Safety said that this commitment
is especially important now.
A task force for COVID-19
During the COVID-19 outbreak…
We should all be able to make the difference between good and bad ads, as we browse the internet. But doing this might not at all be an easy task.
What are good or unharmful commercials?
In fact, there might be more than one description for good or unharmful ads.
Scam
ads still appear on Google and Facebook,
although an important number of victims reported them. According to
Which?, the consumer watchdog in the United Kingdom, the platforms
failed to remove them.
A third of the scam ads are still online
Both giants said…
Google’s reasons to show ads all the time when we are online seems to be stronger than ever. Alphabet, Google parent company announced record revenues for the second quarter since the pandemic started. The amount is as large as $56.9bn, out of which $46bn came from its…
Facebook will partially lift the advertising ban on face masks. Thus, third-party businesses will have the possibility to advertise cloth masks. Also, they could promote other non-medical face coverings, such as bandanas.
Face masks shortage determined the ban…
As the pandemic also brought a financial crisis for some companies, online ads became the main way for them to reach their costumers. Online companies try to take benefit of this situation and invest more in online advertising, while the offline ones need to adapt, in order…
For most of us – online users, and our privacy, an ad free life would be the best. Just imagine browsing the internet without pop-ups or ads that cover the content we are interested in.
But marketers are worried about the death of third-party cookies that Google…
The internet is a sea of ad trackers. Most of us have probably heard about them. Marketers use them on the web to collect information about our online activity and then sell it to advertisers. Although we might not know which sites use them, they’re still there. Find…
We advise you to block scripts although you might know that they help us browse the web. So, why would anyone do that? We will explain what scripts should do, but also what they can do and how dangerous they may be. Therefore, you will be ready to make your own decision…
You should know how to stop scripts, as they can be a major security risk on the web. Attackers can maliciously use them to bypass security settings.
This article explains what scripts are and what an attacker can do with them. Also, you can learn how to prevent scripts…
