gHacks technology news » Google Chrome Adblocker http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Google Chrome Adblocker http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/02/google-chrome-adblocker-2/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/02/google-chrome-adblocker-2/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:52:27 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/02/google-chrome-adblocker-2/ google chrome browserThe first extensions for the Google Chrome browser are finally being released and available for users who want to add functionality to the web browser that everyone is calling Google Browser. There is still no build in extension manager in the web browser which makes the installation of the extensions more complicated than other web browsers.

The first extension to block advertisement has been around for a while but the installation has changed with the official release of Google Chrome 2. Adsweep can be compared to the popular Firefox add-on Adblock Plus. Google Chrome 2.x users need to download the file AdSweep.user.js from the official AdSweep website. They then need to create a directory with the name User Scripts in their user profile. Windows XP and Windows Vista users find the Google Chrome profile folder in the following default locations:

Windows XP user profile directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Windows Vista user profile directory:

C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Google Chrome needs to be started with a parameter to enable userscripts. This can be best done by adding the parameter to the shortcut of the Google Browser. A right-click on the shortcut will open the shortcut properties of the browser. The parameter –enable-user-scripts needs to be added at the end of the Target field in the Shortcut tab.

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The complete command to launch Google Chrome with extensions would then look like the following:

"c:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-user-scripts

The website of the Adsweep developers contains additional information to add the parameter to the shell command when opening websites this way.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/02/google-chrome-adblocker-2/feed/ 10 Google Chrome Adblocker http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/05/google-chrome-adblocker/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/05/google-chrome-adblocker/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:15:17 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9656 Google Chrome does not come with an option to block Internet ads. Many think that this has been a deliberate choice by the Google development team to avoid harming Google’s core businesses Adsense and Adwords. Whatever the reason it surely means that the web browser is unattractive to those users who prefer to block ads on Internet websites. Several websites have posted workarounds to block ads with bookmarklets or third part solutions like Privoxy.

While that surely works it is not the same as to simply flip a switch and have the ad blocking functionality. This is currently not possible in Google Chrome but it is possible in its Open-Source pendant SRWare Iron. Iron is based on the Chromium source that is also used in Google Chrome. The advantages of Iron are increased privacy and security.

What many users do not know is that it is possible to enable ad blocking in the Iron browser. This is done by downloading a file called adblock.ini from the developers homepage and copying that file into the main SRWare Iron directory replacing the blank file of the same name.

The adblock.ini file contains information to block hundreds of advertisers, included are all the popular advertising companies like Google and Yahoo.

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