IAB is providing publishers with tools to identify and persuade consumers to turn off blocking software and open themselves up to the free news, views, information, and entertainment that is only available on the ad-supported web.
Earlier this week, the IAB Tech Lab released an ad blocking detection script, making it freely available to all IAB and Tech Lab members around the world. With this script in place, publishers big and small can easily identify visitors who are using ad blockers and start a very important conversation. It is essential that consumers understand how the free internet functions – that they are aware of the value exchange between websites and advertisers and don’t take the ad-powered engine behind the world wide web for granted. Read more from Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO, IAB on IAB Europe’s blog.
Read: A ‘DEAL’ for Publishers to Engage Users on Ad Blocking