How do I block ads from Google?

Question

OK I have blocked "Evony Online" and other such annoying stuff using the competitive ad filter. But I am now getting these exasperating flash adverts from Google themselves for "Google Translate".

How do I block adsense ads from Google? I tried putting google.com and google.co.* into the competitive ad filter but it doesn't seem to work.

(Please note: If you don't know what the words competitive ad filter mean, you won't know the answer to this question.)

Answer 1

I tried putting google.com and google.co.* into the competitive ad filter but it doesn't seem to work.

The adsense URI is:

googlesyndication.com

Answer 2

You can download a file at http://pgl.yoyo.org/as/#foursteps which contains hundreds of ad server's url's and get rid of almost all advertisements while browsing. You need to copy paste it in your windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file.

Advantages of pasting all those urls: -

• Those ads will not be able to distract you
• Browser will be faster as all that javascript ads load from remote server
• You save some unnecessary bandwidth

I've had a new discovery. Even after adding all those url Chrome is using some trick to show through doubleclick.net ads! That's bad part of Google which is leveraging Chrome to it's advantage.