If you spend any amount
of time on the Internet, you’re almost guaranteed to have come across annoying
advertisements in multiple forms, including pop ups, auto-playing ads and more.
They’re virtually unavoidable, but you can take action to dodge them.
There’s one particular
ad blocking browser plugin we love when using Google Chrome, and it works
quietly in the background without you having to manipulate it. It’s called
Simple Adblock. We’ll show you how to get it up and running, though if you use
Firefox
How to block pop ups with
a Google Chrome browser extension
First, open Chrome.
Then, click the button in the upper right hand corner of the window with three
horizontal bars on it. Hover your mouse over Tools and then click Extensions.
From there, click Get more extensions. In the new page that pops up, click on
the search box in the upper left hand corner and type “simple ad” without the
quotes. Press Enter.
Simple Adblock should be
the fourth result from the top. Click the blue button to the right of Simple
Adblock labeled “Free,” then when a new notification pops up in the middle of
the screen, click “Add.”
That’s all there is to
it, you’re not required to restart Chrome in order to get Simple Adblock up and
running. Some content can’t be consumed, like videos, unless you go through the
ad. In such situations, all you need to do is click on the red Simple Adblock
icon in the upper right hand corner of Google Chrome, and then click Turn off
Simple Adblock. After that, refresh the page containing the content you want to
check out, and it should play normally. Repeat the same process to turn Simple
Adblock back on.
Note that Simple Adblock
won’t ensnare every single ad you run into on the ‘net, but in our experience,
its caught and body slammed most of them. Enjoy
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