sites adding themselves to exclusions list

jag7720 · Post by **jag7720** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:06 pm

Has anyone noticed that some sites are adding themselves to the exclusion list?

I have always blocked Hulu ads and then all of the sudden the ABP logo turned green but when you right click on it the "disable on this site" is not checked.

So, I did a search for hulu in the filters and found the following in the "whitelist"

@@|http://www.hulu.com/*
@@/ads.hulu.com*.flv
@@.hulu.com/Default.aspx/*%2Fplayer$objects-subreques.other

I didn't ad those...

Anyone know what is going on?

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:32 pm

Those need to be allowed for hulu's video to work. They are part of the Easylist subscription. If you don't allow those 'targeted items", then there will be no video.

jag7720 · Post by **jag7720** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:52 pm

Well, ok. Strange because I un-checked them and I am watching a hulu movie right now and I don't get ads... just the 30 second blurb about removing ad blocking software.

Thoughts?

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:58 pm

Hmm. I'll look into that again when I have time. Some of those may have to do with hulu partner sites.

We have found that blocking the ads causes a longer delay that just allowing them. Most hulu ads are usually only 10, 15, or 20 seconds (sometimes 30 seconds) long. If you block the ads, then ALL the breaks are 30 seconds long (even the first one which is normally just 7 seconds long).

We found that most users would rather just ignore a short ad than have a longer delay.

Visno · Post by **Visno** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:57 pm

Not sure why this is still added. Maybe Hulu is donating to your pockets? Which would be fine but thought I would post here disabling the whitelist of hulu blocks all ads