FINAL

1. AD BLOCK
PLUS
Amira Hasan 270-004

2. Outline
 What is Ad block Plus
 What can Ad block Plus do
 Installing Adblock Plus
 Choosing a filter subscription
 Disabling Adblock Plus
 Solving problems
 Uninstalling Adblock Plus
 Award
 Argument
 References

3. What is Ad block Plus
 Content-filtering
 An extension for Firefox
Descargar Adblock Plus. (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from bitecno:
http://www.bitecno.com/descargar-adblock-plus/

4. What can Ad block Plus do?
 looks at all requests made by web pages
 Block the request
 The request should matches a filter in Adblock
Plus
Flash Banners. (2010). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from
swordfox:
http://www.swordfoxdesign.co.nz/portfolio/flash/hermitage
-grabaroom-banner/

5. Installing AdblockPlus
 Adblock page addons.mozilla.org
 Click the big green installation button
 Confirm installation
 restart the application when asked
Show me how this is done

6. Installing AdblockPlus

7. Choosing a filtersubscription
Choosing a filtersubscription
 filters tell Adblock what should be blocked
 EasyList (targeted at English-language sites)
 List of filters

8. Disabling AdblockPlus
Show me how this is done
Ryan, S. ( 2010, January 20). You must disable or remove Adblock to visit this website. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from stephenryan.ie:
http://blog.stephenryan.ie/2010/01/you-must-disable-or-remove-adblock-to-visit-this-website/

9. Disabling AdblockPlus

10. Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?
What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an
advertisement?

11. Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?
 dealing with a bad filter
 Disable filter

12. What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an
advertisement?
 Use the right filter subscription
How do I blocka banner:
If the banneris an object (Flash orJava):

13. How do I blocka banner?

14. IF the banneris an object (Flash orJava)
and doesn't have a context menu:

15. Uninstalling AdblockPlus
 Go to menu Tools
 Add-ons
 Select Adblock Plus in the list and click the
"Uninstall" button

16. Award
 PC World chose Adblock Plus as one of the
100 best products of 2007.
Kara Keeep . (n.d.). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from blogspot:
http://karakeeep.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

17. Argument
The use of Adblock tantamount to theft:
 Cutting off income stream of website operators
who use online advertisements.
malihulk. (2010). google adwords machine. Retrieved
November 26, 2010, from media.photobucket:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/google_adwords
_machine.png+/malihulk/google_adwords_machine.png

18. References:
Adblo ck Plus . (2010, November 7 ). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus
Larkin, E. (2010, May 12). Adblo ck Plus Hide s Ads in Fire fo x. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from
pcworld: http://www.pcworld.com/article/194641/adblock_plus_hides_ads_in_firefox.html
Palant, W. (2010 , November 3). Add-o ns fo r Fire fo x. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from mozilla:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/
IanProCastsCoUk (Director). (2009). Adblo ck Plus in just o ve r 1 Minute [Motion Picture].
malihulk. (2010). google adwords machine. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from media.photobucket:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/google_adwords_machine.png+/malihulk/google_adwords_machi
ne.png
Kara Ke e e p . (n.d.). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from blogspot:
http://karakeeep.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
Ryan, S. ( 2010, January 20). Yo u m ust disable o r re m o ve Adblo ck to visit this we bsite . Retrieved
November 26, 2010, from stephenryan.ie: http://blog.stephenryan.ie/2010/01/you-must-disable-
or-remove-adblock-to-visit-this-website/
De scarg ar Adblo ck Plus . (2009). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from bitecno:
http://www.bitecno.com/descargar-adblock-plus/
Flash Banne rs . (2010). Retrieved November 26, 2010, from swordfox:
http://www.swordfoxdesign.co.nz/portfolio/flash/hermitage-grabaroom-banner/

19. Thank you!