There are lots of rogue websites that send unwanted pop-up ads to the users’ browsers. In order to achieve this, they try to lure users into accepting for browser notifications.
The dangers behind pop-up ads
Pop-ups are first of all disturbing for any user.
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…
A rogue website uses pop-ups to trick visitors into subscribing to its browser notifications. Thus, it can send unwanted ads to your desktop.
Daisybuleonclock.com is such a shady website that lures visitors and makes them accept push notifications. Most probably…
The way we see ads is a complex mechanism that helps advertisers and companies follow us and our online behaviour all the time. Thus, they try to make sure they maximise the possibility to sell their products or obtain our data.
After
they gather it, they use it to…
Google’s rules
for ad blockers change dramaticaly, as Google makes most of its money
from ads. Its newest Chrome browser extension platform – Manifest
v3,created lots of controversy. It happened as it meant to get rid of
the blocking capabilities that webRequest API…
Some of the strongest companies’ CEOs chose the no ads strategy, just to avoid bothering users. Maybe one of the best known is Elon Musk, but there are still other famous names who did the same. Just to mention one of them: Steve Jobs.
The no ads approach…
Funny ads might be delightful for most of us. We appreciate the ingenuity, the idea, the result and the fact that they are different. And this is a good thing.
It might even be the reason for which we do not mind to see more ads like those.
On the other hand, the…
Facebook announced it rejected 2.2 million ads ahead of U.S. elections. According to the company, they were intended to „obstruct voting” in the coming election.
Over 2 million ads rejected and over 100.000 posts blocked
Nick Clegg, global affairs VP for…
The advertising environment is changing and becomes very painful, even for the huge players. At the same time, this would be the best news for all the internet users.
The death of the third-party cookies seems imminent. This is because
they are the means that allow…
The New York Times is preparing to give up the third-party cookies. In an interview for Digiday, The Times’ svp of ad innovation Allison Murphy mentioned they were working for “a third-party cookie-less future”.
How the market will be without third-party…
