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[lester]

How to block pop ups and block ads in Opera

There are a couple ways to turn on pop-up blocker and Ad blocker in Opera.

Click the shield icon at the right end of Opera’s address bar and switch on Block ads.
Go to Settings (Alt+P) and turn on Block ads and surf the web up to three times faster.
You can also enable ad blocker from the Easy Setup menu on the right side of the address bar.

How to block trackers in Opera

Like the Ad blocker, there are a few ways to switch on the Tracker blocker in Opera.

Click on the shield icon to the right of Opera’s address bar and toggle Block Trackers.
In Settings (Alt+P), turn on Block trackers.
Toggle on Block trackers in the Easy Setup menu next to the address bar.

How to allow pop-ups and make exceptions

Some websites require you to turn off or disable pop-up blockers in order to access their site. Rather than turn off the Ad blocker feature completely, you can simply allow pop-ups and redirects for that specific site. Opera allows you to make exceptions for individual websites as needed in the adblock content settings. To turn off ad blocker and allow pop-ups for individual sites:

When you're on the page you want to allow, click on the shield icon to the right of your address bar.
Select Turn off for this site.

You can also manually add web sites to the site exceptions list so that the ads and pop-ups blocked by Opera are allowed. To manage or edit your site settings for ads or trackers:

Select Settings (Alt+P) > Basic > Privacy protection.
With Ad blocker or Tracker blocker enabled, click on Manage exceptions.
To change the site settings click Add and enter the address to the list.

When you disable Ad blocker you will again see pop-ups and redirects on the site you allowed. If you unblock ads for a web site, and quickly regret it, you can always go back to the site exceptions list and remove it.

[richard]

why do the ads have to interfere with reading threads by intruding into them
or blocking vision of them?
why do ads popup and force you click over them to proceed ?

ads yes ok , but i don't want to fight them all the time for control

there was a time when they were less troubling when logged in has that gone by the wayside ?

those google/chrome ad mitigation schemes seem to need constant maintenance to remain effective
its gets tedious

[lester]

The ad placement is automated

its pay per click, the more the ads are followed for a preset time / depth, the more often we get a payment. Currently the advertising makes a significant contribution to the cost of the services used to provide the forum.

fewer ads = fewer click through rate = lower revenue.

Ad placement is determined by the success rate of validated click through. If you simply dismiss the ad and say don't show it again, you will see fewer ads and more correctly targeted ads.

Google do not pay unless the click through is genuine, i.e the person actually browses the advertisers site and spends time on the sites pages. Google places the adverts in locations that attract the most valid click through rates.

The system works, its low cost to implement, easy to maintain and it generates revenue for us and valid visitors for the advertisers. For those that manage the adverts correctly, it also provides relevant adverts to the viewer.

I can manually manage the advert placement to reduce the advertising intrusiveness. However past experience shows me that it takes quite a lot of my time and the revenue generated is LESS.

In the long distant past, revenue from compiler sales covered the cost of this forum. Sadly that is no longer the case.

We are happy to continue to provide this service, whilst revenue covers most of the costs. No advertising = no revenue......give me a viable alternative.

You do have an option, vacate this forum and use the melabs forum.