# Ads by Google?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029 "2005-09-16T20:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/21 "2005-09-16T20:39:23Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Time to pay the Piper, eh? 😉

Cecil has to cover the cost of their coffee cups somehow…

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/22 "2005-09-16T20:46:41Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> If I may ask, how did you block them?

Well, I blocked them by not being an administrator. w00t! Less really is more!!!

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/23 "2005-09-16T20:51:04Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> If I may ask, how did you block them?

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Yeah in Firefox I just have the plug-in AdBlock block all “[pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads)” works great. No hint they even exist.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/24 "2005-09-16T21:03:43Z")

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> [@Abbie Normal](#):
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> Yeah in Firefox I just have the plug-in AdBlock block all “[pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads)” works great. No hint they even exist.

How does that affect Google search pages? No ads there either? IE has a Restricted Sites folder that should work with as well.

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/25 "2005-09-16T21:17:29Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> How does that affect Google search pages? No ads there either? IE has a Restricted Sites folder that should work with as well.

The Google search results page is unchanged. Not sure how that would work in IE, someone that uses IE may be able to answer that.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-by-google/322029/26 "2005-09-16T21:38:21Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Time to pay the Piper, eh? 😉

I wouldn’t joke about this. This next think you know, the SDSAB will be getting encyclopedia ads.

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