blocking googleadplayer (but keeping google)

[Ollezaza]

Hello.

I'm trying to block the googleadplayer object within this link

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http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/googleadplayer.swf

Example link is this:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/F ... 36486.html
{You might have to reload several times before it shows up.}


Trouble is, I whitelist most links that have 'google' in them via this

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@@/google[^-]/

{picked this up from this link}


I tried using this expression

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@@/google([^-]|(?!\*googleadplayer))/

- even checked the syntax in The Regex Coach. Although the syntax is acceptable, the coach shows that the * is being ignored so the second condition never matches. Thus, I suX0r with regular expressions.

Any idea on how best to do this? {Please don't say 'block all of google'}

[Wladimir Palant]

How about:

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@@google.com/

Or is it too specific?

[Peng]

Unless you're using Filterset.G, you don't need that whitelisting filter. And if you are using Filterset.G, drop it for something like rick752's EasyList instead!

[Ollezaza]

How about:

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@@google.com/

Or is it too specific?

Yes, that is too specific. I like how google[^-] allows most links but restricts google-ish lookalikes.

Pity I can't use a reg/simple-exp to do the duty. I'll keep working on it.

Thanks.

[rick752]

Just get rid of your whitelisting and add this:

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*/adframe*

... it's an iframe feed. Block the frame, not the player

[Ollezaza]

Perfect! It worked beautifully, making for a much faster page-load.

Thank you for your help.

[rick752]

Perfect! It worked beautifully, making for a much faster page-load.

Thank you for your help.

You're welcome.