MySpace Ads continue to creep through

forrie · Post by **forrie** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:46 am

[yes, I searched the forums]

I've a few rules in ABP to deal with some of the MySpace.com ads - however, they often creep through. I tried studying the source of the page, and they're doing some kind of redirection.

You would think that if the URL is:

http://host.myspacec.com/07_02/blah/blah/...

that I could block at the 07_02/* level, but it doesn't work.

They use a few different URL paths to deliver ads, some of them appear to be template-driven *.swf files, which pull content from places like http://www.foxatomic.com. Even if I block http://www.foxatomic.com/* those still get through.

So, it would seem fair to presume that MySpace is clever enough to create their content to get around our filters.

While I continue to study this and form a solution, I wonder if someone else has had better luck.

Thanks.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:22 am

I've actually have had very good luck there. Is there a particular page you can point me to?

forrie · Post by **forrie** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:25 am

The URLs that have the flash banners that stream from www.foxatomic.com and www.match.com continue to sneak through, even if I block the base path that they're being redirected from, and even if I block http://www.foxatomic.com/*

It seems random. Sometimes they sneak through, sometimes they don't. I can't explain it. I can only surmise there to be some clever things going on with their javascript.

forrie · Post by **forrie** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:29 am

Here's one of the URLs that made it through:

http://lads.myspace.com/07_01/MS-70126- ... p%3A//dect....

Even if I block part of the root, such as:

http://lads.myspace.com/07_01/*

or the end-site:

http://www.match.com/*

Things still get through.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:36 am

Try this one and let me know:

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lads.myspace.com/*BannerID

*edit .... Are you using any subscriptions? I can't find anything coming through there with my two.

forrie · Post by **forrie** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:17 pm

I'm trying to track this down, but it seems whatever I put in there is blocking the "edit profile" section.

I'm guessing (but I could be wrong) there is some clever javascript in there that ties this all together.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:34 pm

forrie wrote:I'm trying to track this down, but it seems whatever I put in there is blocking the "edit profile" section.

I'm guessing (but I could be wrong) there is some clever javascript in there that ties this all together.

I haven't seen an ad there in quite a while, but because I don't know what you are using or not using in your filters, I really can't help. Are you using my EasyList & EasyElement subscriptions? If not, click my signature link below and add both of them ... at least that will tell me if somehow I have missed something there. I am a registered myspace user (just for finding problems).

I certainly haven't seen anything "clever" there yet .... only "un-clever" page templates that are, in themselves, a total coding mess!

ps: My profile there works fine.

forrie · Post by **forrie** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:24 am

It could be they are having technical problems today, and my changes were simply in the middle of it. I'll check again tomorrow.

Thanks for the link to your subscriptions! I added them.

Forrest