Google: The Biggest Advertiser Blocks Ads

Google, the biggest company of ads in the world, will soon start blocking ads.

Eventually it will happen: On February 15 of 2018, Google Chrome will start blocking certain ads, regardless of whether you have installed a separate adblocker.

This means Google, the largest web advertising agency, will decide which ads you can see and will not be blocked in your browser. Google

Let's rejoice or worry about the coming one of Google?

Google is not going to block all ads, but only those that are on sites that "violate" the standards.

In a post on the company's blog announcing the change, Google said it would block all ads on sites that violate the standards set by the Best Ad Group or Coalition for Better Ads. The coalition consists of technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook, along with some media outlets such as and Reuters. Together, they have created a list of ad types they consider unacceptable. The culprits? pop-ups, video ads that play video and audio automatically, and more.

Yes, we agree, these ads are not acceptable to the public as they make web browsing much more difficult.

From February 15, versions of Google Chrome for computers and mobile will begin to block all of these ads on any site that uses them. Let's say Chrome is used by 60% of web users today.

But there is also a potential downside. Google, the world's largest advertising company, will block ads and control the behavior of non-Google websites. Or does everything belong to her after all? Anyway, once again we can realize the excessive power of Google.

This, of course, is not unprecedented

This is not the first time this has happened. Major technology companies have changed everything with browsers they have for the public with very positive results.

Apple, for example, never supported Adobe's Flash technology on its devices, a decision that yielded a much stronger Internet with the HTML5 technology we all enjoy today.

Early exclusions that occurred in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer have undoubtedly harmed media revenue in the early 2000, but made the web less stressful (popups were much more then).

Google has acted similarly in the past. Chrome has already blocked automatic audio ads, for example, and has turned off Flash by default.

So the next one of Chrome could have been a simple tweak aimed at improving the web for the end user.

But is that the only reason Google does?

Google is one of the companies that offer everything or almost everything for free. Chrome and Android, for example, are freely available to anyone who wants it.

But Google is such a philanthropic company. There are too many on the web who claim that everything Google does is motivated by the expansion, the collection of all information, and ultimately the ultimate dominance of the company. Of course for profit purposes.

Google's software is extremely popular, but it does not offer money. Google has essentially a revenue stream: the almost absolute prevalence in online advertising.

Any ad blocking software, such as Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin, directly threatens the company's revenue. Any user who installs an ad blocker cuts revenue from the company. So Google thought to block annoying ads that make the web awful, and create the desire to use an ad blocker.

Google with this change will decide and exclude all ads on any illegal site. This may be beneficial to consumers in the short term, but who puts the limits on Google to not later exploit this extra power?

Chrome's upcoming blocking of ads allows Google to intervene and dominate any online competitor. Too much;

Just give it some time…

iGuRu.gr The Best Technology Site in Greecefgns

every publication, directly to your inbox

Join the 2.087 registrants.

Written by giorgos

George still wonders what he's doing here ...

Leave a reply

Your email address is not published. Required fields are mentioned with *

Your message will not be published if:
1. Contains insulting, defamatory, racist, offensive or inappropriate comments.
2. Causes harm to minors.
3. It interferes with the privacy and individual and social rights of other users.
4. Advertises products or services or websites.
5. Contains personal information (address, phone, etc.).