Feature to enable view tracking

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aschmutt
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Feature to enable view tracking

Post by aschmutt »

Hi,

lots of good websites rely on ads to earn money.
So currently I have a problem - I want to support them, but I still don't like the ads.

Solution: How about changing the blocking algorithm?
Load all the annoying ads, and the Webserver tracks them as "viewed" - but do not display them to the user?

Technical solutions can be:
- reduze size to 1 pixel
- move them out of viewpoint
- add a lightweight browser emulation in between the real browser and the webserver, and let this puppet make all the filtering stuff

Best Regards,
Andrea
lewisje
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Re: Feature to enable view tracking

Post by lewisje »

As has been said numerous times in response to this common request, that would constitute view-fraud and leave users completely vulnerable to malvertising, which is why ABP doesn't do that.
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