AdBlock, NoScript & Ghostery – The Trifecta Of Evil, page 2

You can also try this link for more handy about:config

S & F! Great to bring such resources to the attention of everyone. I too use ghostery and wrote an article on it a while back HERE

Also would like to add another handy utility for peoples arsenal.

Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.

LINK

Unless you are a PC user in which case I would google PeerGuardian

reply to post by ChaoticOrder

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This is a very selfish view. Even though you realize the site administrators run ads to cover costs so that you can access their servers for free (and maybe make a little something on the side [read: motivation to keep it going]) you refuse to whitelist the site in ad blocker? Why??

I really cannot understand the motivation for this stance...you mention wanting the freedom to change the HTML once delivered, but that is an entirely different topic. Ad blocker blocks the request to the ad server in the first place so the site does not get credit for your visit... no one cares what you do with the HTML from the ad server or the site you are visiting; only that your browser makes the request.

I do use ad blocker. I think it is vital. I have children. I cannot have porn popping up from a misclicked Google search. But when I regularly visit a site that asks me to turn it off then I will.

reply to post by randomname

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google is nearly worthless now, since most searches direct you to amazon, nextag, ebay, etc.

Try using dogpile search, it searches for results from 4 or 5 different engines.
Dogpile

reply to post by ChaoticOrder

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I'm a website builder and have experience in many different money generating ways via websites. At the end of the day, when you provide a service, money needs to be generated.

How should we generate this money? Well it honestly depends on your topic. I've made a few free movie streaming websites (that I now no longer operate and nor would I), and the way I generated money was via ads and surveys. It did make money as the service I provided was worth filling out a survey which made me $1+ each. I generated 1-10,000 traffic per day.

Other ways I have made money online are;

1. Clickbank
Clickbank is an affiliate network whereby a huge list of products are listed in which you can sell for commission. Now the commission can be small, but with items where you can make $30, there is money to be made. Please note that these products are simply that... products. It's down to you to sell them whether it is an independent website or on your existing website. The key with this form of advertising is that it is non-invading in the fact it doesn't HAVE to pop up and it can fit within text, image or video.

2. Games
I don't want to say the name of this advertiser because I hate them, but they always paid me on time. There are many game affiliates where you get paid per signup. This again, is non-invading in the terms users voluntarily put their details in.

3. Sell Your Own s**t
Not hard. Only yesterday I saw a box of nappies on eBay for £40 which were 2 for £20 in Tesco and they had sold 38 boxes?!!!! Naughty way to make money but if people are dumb enough to pay, why not?

4. eBay
As with the above, eBay is your playground to make money. Supermarket/high street offers are yours to take advantage of. I know someone who makes thousands by buying stock from the £/$ shop and selling them for up to £10 on eBay

5. Popups/Popunders
Please god do not do it!! It is my golden rule not to do this as you lose too many hits (hits being website visitors)

6. AdSense
Works very well... text ads relevant to your website topic.. perfect.. Problem is if people have beef with you they can have you banned by repeatedly clicking your ads. This happened to me and I liaised with Google and they gave me the IP address of which I consequently banned from the website. The image ads make money too. Both are usually around 2-8c per click so it's on the law of statistics... more traffic = more clicks

7. Sell Ad Space
Only works if you're driving large traffic to your website but you can charge anything from $50-500 per month per link

Originally posted by g0dhims3lf
S & F! Great to bring such resources to the attention of everyone. I too use ghostery and wrote an article on it a while back HERE

Also would like to add another handy utility for peoples arsenal.

Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.

LINK

Unless you are a PC user in which case I would google PeerGuardian

edit on 13-7-2012 by g0dhims3lf because: (no reason given)

Maybe some one can help me with this, i use peerguardian, and have done for years, it is a great program, i also use wireshark from time to time to see what is happening.
Something on my pC is making DNS requests to 1.0.0.127, all the research i have done says this is a test done by apples "Bonjour" service, over the last few months i have noticed this, first 1.0.0.127 resolved to an isp in japan, i blocked the server at open DNS on my blocklist, then it resolved to an ISP in thailand a month or so later, blocked it again, it now resolves to australia and i cannot get the isp or other information to effectively block it.
I do not have apples bonjour service installed, i have no apple software on my pc., i cannot nail down what program it is that is making the requests, i do know it cannot be any of the related answers i have found doing searches on this address and what triggers it.
Does anyone else see this happening, or, do they know what it potentially is?.

Any help would be appreciated, or, does anyone know of a program that will allow me to filter what DNS requests make it off my pc and onto the web?.

reply to post by scottlpool2003

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I'm a website builder and have experience in many different money generating ways via websites. At the end of the day, when you provide a service, money needs to be generated.

Heres my take on this. Nobody asked you to create a website. You did it on your own, for whatever reason.
In ATS's case (for example) it has been said that it was created to bring people that had interests in "conspiracies" together. Its when these sites start getting very popular that the owners of them start getting greedy, like making adblockers a violation of their terms. I dont like being forced to fund a site by having to put up with annoying ads, Id prefer a membership/donation based idea, with no ads.

btw, I was just using "you" and ATS as examples.

reply to post by daynight42

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I'd like to take every executive in advertising and put them through a few days of "ad torture" similar to what they did in Clockwork Orange (I believe it was). Hold their eyes open, have someone paid (minimum wage) to put drops in their eyes, and force them to look at nothing but ads for 72 hours straight. That ought to show them how much a f'in nuisance they are.

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