Google has announced that its new ad blocker will go live Feb. 15. As part of the announcement, Google also explained how its new ad blocker will work to improve the Chrome browsing experience. “While ...

The largest online advertising company in the world is taking a big step to block the most annoying and invasive ads. On Thursday, Alphabet Inc (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) subsidiary Google rolled out its ...

With the next version of Chrome, Google is moving ahead with a plan to improve privacy and security by reining in some abilities of extensions used to customize the browser. The move had angered some ...

The internet has become absolutely overrun by ads, as they are one of the most direct ways to generate revenue from a wide range of content. This is especially true on YouTube, where just about anyone ...

Say the words "ad blocker" to an advertiser or publisher and you can guarantee they will cringe. When Google announced its new built-in ad blocker for Chrome last year, it was no exception. The ...

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension. Adblock and Adblock Plus are ...

Last year, Google made Chrome’s standards-backed ad blocker fully available around the world. The Better Ads Standards today announced a “new set of standards for ads that show during video content,” ...