Microsoft Aims to Block AdSense
Don’t titles rule! ‘Extremely Critical’ Flaw Threatens Internet Explorer Users was announced a few days ago. In that article, it tells users that “Microsoft is recommending that users turn off the “Drag and drop or copy and paste files” option in Internet Explorer and set security levels to high for the Internet zone.”
A thread at WebmasterWorld discusses how this “security fix” recommendation by Microsoft, will make Google AdSense ads invisible to those who take this route. Of course, the rumors begin that Microsoft did this to try to hamper Google’s AdSense revenue.
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Barry Schwartz is the Editor of Search Engine Roundtable and President of RustyBrick, Inc., a Web services firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales.
Well my IE security level is always set to high and I have no problem viewing AdSense. Sounds like the rumor mill is hard at work.
Adsense is pretty tough to beat. My parents new computer has all this adware blocking stuff and the best it can do against Adsense is block some of the titles where as all affiliate links and banners are completely gone.
My IE 6.0 blocks AdSense. I’ve switched to Firefox browser and I think it’s great. To test how IE blocks AdSense, I followed the instructions on the Jensense blog, which says:
If you want to see how it affects AdSense yourself, click on tools, then Internet Options, and select the Security tab. Click on Internet, select the “Custom Levels” button, then reset the custom levels to “High”, then click on all the OK buttons. Then surf to any site running AdSense, and AdSense ads have vanished off all sites.
A little bonus is that Firefox keeps my bookmarks neatly in alphabetical order. IE kept messing them up. And transferring bookmarks etc from IE to Firefox is very simple. Firefox gives easy-to-follow instructions.