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Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar.

Posted by michael on from the !tangled-web dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jesse Ruderman brings the worst feature of Opera, Advertisements, to Firefox with his extension Adbar. According to the page, 'adbar displays Google ads related to pages you view. Because the ads are relevant, they are occasionally useful. When adbar isn't displaying ads from Google, it displays Firefox-related things such as silly Firefox slogans, ads for other Mozilla software, and requests for donations to the Mozilla Foundation.'"

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  1. Thanks! by cshuttle · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Thanks! Just what I needed!

  2. cashola! by spazoid12 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who gets the Google-bucks from the Google Ads?? Dang, now I wish I wrote that adbar thingy...

    1. Re:cashola! by NickV · · Score: 1, Redundant

      Took like 20 seconds to find the answer to that. From the adbar page:

      "adbar uses the "test" adsense mode, so advertisers don't pay Google and Google doesn't pay anyone."

    2. Re:cashola! by selsine · · Score: 0, Redundant

      From the Page:

      Who gets money?

      adbar uses the "test" adsense mode, so advertisers don't pay Google and Google doesn't pay anyone.

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  3. No one by friedegg · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The FAQ says it works in AdSense test mode, so Google doesn't pay anyone or charge anyone. It's probably possible to hack it and distribute it as a "customized" version for your users, though.

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  4. Opera already does this. by centipetalforce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Opera has been doing this for a while now. I have no idea why this article is about Mozilla. Adsense is built into the free version of Opera.

  5. How can the first reply be redundant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It was first and says the same thing the other "Informative" ones do.

    1. Re:How can the first reply be redundant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      Yeah, and not just one redundant mod, but two so far. Perhaps because it was the most polite out of all the replies. :-P

  6. Re:Can I hack it to pay myself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sssssh! We can't have honesty with you telling everyone how to be dishonest, now can we?

  7. Re:IT'S A TRAP! by EvilSporkMan · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I believe you mean Admiral Ackbar.

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  8. Re:Well by DogDude · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And you think that this helps advertisers? Was this Google Adwords account approved? For advertisers, you have a bunch of relatively uesless impressions, with the potential of advertisers having to pay for bad traffic. This does NOT help advertisers.

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  9. Important to note by dtfinch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "adbar uses the "test" adsense mode, so advertisers don't pay Google and Google doesn't pay anyone."

  10. Can Adblock be set to block Adbar? by Rockenreno · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe I should download it and find out.

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  11. Firefox vs Internet Explorer by Phazz666 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Firefox vs IE
    Firefox-

    Pros:
    *No annoying popups
    *Security

    Cons:
    *Adbar plugin

    IE-

    Pros:
    *Default browser with Windows

    Cons:
    *Security issues
    *Annoying popups
    *Needs constant updates
    *Easy to exploit due to poor design

    Winner Firefox

  12. Re:Can I hack it to pay myself? by displaced80 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    " If you run Google ads, Google pays you."

    ..in Soviet Russia?

    Yes. In roubles.

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