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Gator Will Replace Ads On Sites

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-don't-you-go-over-HERE dept.

Bill Dimm writes "This CNet article says that a new version of Gator, a browser plug-in for managing passwords that also can display pop-up ads for competing products when you visit web sites, is being developed that will launch its own ads over top of the banner ads on the sites you visit. The software achieves wide distribution by bundling (much like TopText) with file-sharing utilities, with over 18 million installations of the current version claimed on their web site."

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  1. How far *will* they go? by SimplyCosmic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ads that catch our attention, even if through somewhat annoying means, are one thing.

    But everyday another marketing gimmick pops into creation that pushes the line a bit far, going from mearly attention-getting, and into outright annoying and alienating potential customers.

    What's it going to take until these marketing people get the fact that annoying customers is not the way to make a successful company? Will it be the first marketeer killed by a slightly unhinged web surfer who gets pushed too far by these constant advertising attacks on our lives?

    *sigh*

  2. Re:This is flat out awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    This is flat out awesome! (Score:2)
    by Lumpy (dont_type_this.timgray@lambdanet.com) on 11:46 PM August 18th, 2001 (#2173453)
    (User #12016 Info | http://www.lambdanet.com)

    Wow! 2173453th post! Scary stuff there!

    Also, can /. do something about the comment level box on the discussion. If you are at score 2, for example, and want to change to score 0, the box has the same number of posts for scores -1, 0, 1, and 2... Strange bug.

  3. Getting rid of banner ads... by do!omite · · Score: 2, Informative

    Windows users read on if you want to permanently kill banners. Instead of getting the banners when you surf the net, you will get a 'page not found', and you will not give the greedy webmaster any money from banner revenue!

    How I get rid of them is by creating a Windows HOSTS file in the windows directory. That is just a file called HOSTS (no extension). There is a hosts.sam file that you can open in notepad, to get an idea of what to do but remember, this is just a sample file (*.sam, get it?).

    Most of these banner sites run using a special server for their ads that serves the ads to the public, which is what this HOSTS file will be set up to ban. And you want to kill the image host and the link host so remember they are sometimes the same but sometimes different.

    First get the DNS of the host you want to ban by reading the page source which can be done if you save the page (for all those lame javascript page source blockers) or by right clicking --> view source.

    Then add the host to the HOSTS file in your windows directory and set the IP to be that of 127.0.0.1 (which is your localhost IP, thus causing banners to not work), like so:

    # blah banner banning stuff goes here
    # ie:
    #
    # 127.0.0.1 www.flowgo.com
    # here are some samples from my HOSTS file

    127.0.0.1 localhost
    127.0.0.1 www.flowgo.com
    127.0.0.1 207-87-18-203.wsmg.digex.net
    127.0.0.1 Garden.ngadcenter.net
    127.0.0.1 Ogilvy.ngadcenter.net
    127.0.0.1 ResponseMedia-ad.flycast.com
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    127.0.0.1 UGO.eu-adcenter.net
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    127.0.0.1 bn.bfast.com
    127.0.0.1 c3.xxxcounter.com
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    127.0.0.1 maximumpcads.imaginemedia.com
    127.0.0.1 media.preferences.com
    127.0.0.1 mercury.rmuk.co.uk
    127.0.0.1 mojofarm.sjc.mediaplex.com
    127.0.0.1 nbc.adbureau.net
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    127.0.0.1 ntbanner.digitalriver.com
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    127.0.0.1 rd.yahoo.com
    127.0.0.1 realads.realmedia.com
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    127.0.0.1 redirect.click2net.com
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    127.0.0.1 retaildirect.realmedia.com
    127.0.0.1 s2.focalink.com
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    127.0.0.1 spin.spinbox.net
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    127.0.0.1 sview.avenuea.com
    127.0.0.1 thinknyc.eu-adcenter.net
    127.0.0.1 tracker.clicktrade.com
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    127.0.0.1 www.qksrv.net
    127.0.0.1 usads.futurenet.com
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    127.0.0.1 servedby.advertising.com
    127.0.0.1 ads.fortunecity.com
    127.0.0.1 www.avenuea.com
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    If it says "Troll" on this post,
    I successfully annoyed a nerd herd! :)
  4. Gator's pitch to advertisers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Click on "Advertise with Us" at the bottom of Gator's home page, and then click on the two-minute tour, to see Gator's plan to sell itself.

    Recent customers include Dell, Enterprise Rental Cars, ESPN, Priceline.com, FTD.com, People magazine, Intuit, Sears, Foot Locker, H&R Block, Eddie Bauer and Earthlink. Just in case you want to know who's behind these shenanigans.

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion