How to block Google ads in Opera 9?
July 10th, 2006
Technorati Tags: adblock, adsense, block ads, firefox, google, opera, Software
I don’t really mind ads unless they are too intrusive but currently alot of bloggers/webpublishers have resorted to putting their ads at places we’re so used to expect content (e.g. under the header, next to images, etc) and unfortunately, this has made even Google ads which were originally designed to be non-intrusive otherwise!
So, one of the major complaints about Opera is that its new content blocker isn’t as good as Firefox’s Adblock, especially for text ads but it’s actually pretty simple to block ads with it.
Here I’ll attempt to show you the step-by-step method of disabling Google ads in Opera:
1. Goto Tools –> Preferences:
2. Click on the “Advanced” tab, and then on the left sidebar, click “Content” and the button “Blocked Content”:
3. Finally click on the button that says “Add”, a new text field for you to put a web address will be there and you can just put this in them:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/*
This method will work as long as you know where the link/source of an ad.
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6 comments on “How to block Google ads in Opera 9?”
01
thank you!
02
cheers
exactly what I was looking for!
03
Great. Works like a charm. No even restart needed.
04
Fantastic! I don’t mind Adsense ads as long as they are used appropriately, but when they block images, other parts of the site where I need to read, it’s annoying (example: forsalebyowner.com)
05
How blocking Google ads only for a certain site?
06
Thank you!
It might be a good idea to collect all those stupid add sites to block them in one step.
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