
The Wall Street Journal: “Publishers Warm to Google’s Ad Blocker”īBC: "Google Chrome launches default ad-blocker" The Wall Street Journal: “Google Will Block Spammy Ads"ĭigital Marketing News: “Google's Ad Block Update Is Live. The Guardian: “Can we really trust Google as judge, jury and executioner of online ads?”ĬTRL Blog: “Here’s how Google Chrome’s new ad blocker works” Marketing Land: “FAQ: Google Chrome ad blocking is here.”

The Guardian: “Google turns on default adblocker within Chrome” Here’s what the press had to say about the Chrome adblocker:Īndroid Central: “How Google Chrome's new ad-blocker works” Now that Chrome’s adblocker is live in the wild, Admiral will continue to closely monitor developments, effects, and changes for publishers, users and advertisers. Want to find out if Admiral Anti-Adblock makes sense for your website?

The webinar deck with links, video, and transcript are below: The critical first step for every publisher and advertiser is to understand the Coalition’s Better Ads Standards.Īdmiral hosted an in-depth webinar alongside the Coalition and a number of its key publishing partners entitled “10 Things Top Publishers Are Doing to Prepare For Chrome's Adblocker”. According to Roy-Chowdhury, the Coalition served as the architects behind the criteria used by Chrome to determine which ad formats will get filtered out. Highlighted is Google’s relationship with The Coalition For Better Ads, an independent organization of publishers, advertisers, and technology platforms that lists Facebook, Microsoft, GroupM, and the IAB among its members (disclosure: Admiral is a member of the Coalition). On February 13th, Chrome VP, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury released a brief, official statement that offered a glimpse into Google’s vision behind a Chrome adblock solution: “The browser for a web worth protecting”.

Last summer, when Google announced that a future update of Chrome will automatically block certain ads by default, the industry began to speculate on intent and subsequent effects. Traditional 3rd party adblocker usage has seen rapid growth in recent years with no signs of slowing down resulting in billions of dollars of lost ad revenue for publishers worldwide. As of February 15th, adblock in Google Chrome becomes a reality that needs to be understood and addressed by the world’s digital publishers and advertisers. What if every one of Google’s billion plus users of its market leading Chrome web browser had an adblocker? Now they do. The Google Chrome Adblocker is LIVE: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
