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0 pointspatja9y ago0 comments

I think you are blocking ads. I am too and that's what I see. From a device not blocking ads this is what I see:

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It's also tricky because ad bids come and go, Google does personalization, etc. But, I see what you see pretty reliably if I use an incognito window (no personalization).

ProAm9y ago

Yep definitely blocking ads. That is insanity without. 8|

putaside9y ago

A new trick is to use so many trackers that it won't fit on the screen when listing them all:

http://i.imgur.com/AauOwVB.png

(This is from a site which detects adblockers, and begs you to turn it off, because it's killing their business model)

newjersey9y ago

I swear imgur redirected me to an album page earlier.

But now https://i.imgur.com/AauOwVB.png it works. Strange.

Ads like the paint.net ad runs afoul of

> Mimicking site content, news articles, or text ads

> Google doesn't allow ads that mimic publisher content or layout, or news articles and features. Ads may also not contain screenshots of Google AdWords text ads or otherwise simulate an AdWords text ad in any way.

https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/176108?hl=en

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