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How to block ads in RSS feeds
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Feb 12, 2008
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I thought RSS feeds were a way to strip out the style and cruft of typical websites and package the content into a usable, accessible form. Unfortunately and inevitably, feeds are littered with ads and other crap. The best way I know of to simply block ads from websites is the Adblock extension for Firefox (sorry IE users; there's probably something similar for you too). In addition to blocking standard ad services like doubleclick.net and tribalfusion.com, you can also block RSS-specific ad systems like pheedo.com and googleadservices.com. And with Adblock's wildcard filtering method, you can block more advanced things, like anything from FeedBurner. Here's a simple set of blocks that gets rid of all the stuff at the bottom of FeedBurner feeds: feeds.*.*/~a/ feeds.*.*/~f/ feeds.*.*/~r/ That way it'll block stuff whether it's from feeds.feedburner.com or feeds.someotherdomain.com.
My apologies to anyone trying to make money through RSS feed advertising. In the same way I can fast forward through commercials with recorded TV, I can prevent ads from loading on my computer. Find a different way to make money. Or keep depending on the people who don't know how to block it. #entertainment
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