My ISP is Blocking Ads

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My ISP is Blocking Ads

filbiz

3:39 pm on Jan 8, 2015 (gmt 0)

Hi, I wondering if there is a good solution for enabling the ads if my ISP is blocking them in their servers? Blocking ads has many advantages for an internet user but for me as a webmaster I need to see my website's contextual advertising. I've tried proxy browsers and proxy IP addresses but they don't work.

not2easy

4:33 pm on Jan 8, 2015 (gmt 0)

Look at the headers and you can usually see what/how they are being blocked, most of those "services" have a disabler you can implement. You can check headers with the browser extension Live HTTP Headers for FireFox and other tools.

I ran into the same thing while temporarily on a mobile modem. There is a .js workaround that prevents the adblocker. Another idea is to install NoScript as a browser add-on at least for FireFox. It may be available for other browsers, too.