Block the Ads

What's an advertisement?
A notice, such as a poster or a paid announcement in the print, broadcast, or electronic media, designed to attract public attention or patronage. Basically, something that tries to convince you to buy goods and services from corporations.


Where can they be found?
Advertisements are all over the internet. Websites, (such as neopets.com) allow corporations to place advertisements on their site, for a fee. This is just one of the ways that Neopets, Inc.© can make income, and help keep the site free.


How can I get rid of them?
Well, you have two options. Either become a premium member, and pay a monthly fee, or follow the directions on this page.


Download Firefox
First, you'll have to download an internet browser called Mozilla Firefox. It's completely safe, and runs faster than Internet Explorer. It also has more features, better security, and reduces the risk of spyware. It is downloadable from this address:
www.mozilla.org


Download Adblock
Download Adblock. It's a program that filters advertisements.
It is downloadable from this address:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox/


Block those ads!
Open up a Firefox window, go to a Neopets page, and right click on a banner ad.



Click 'Adblock Image' from the popup menu, then click 'OK'.

For flash adverts, click the small tab, then 'OK'.



Keep doing this with each new ad you see. After a few days of surfing Neo, you'll be practically ad free.
Note: Once you block an ad, you won't see it again.


An alternative way:
Open up a Firefox window, go to Tools, Adblock, Preferences.



Go to Options, then make sure there's a check on 'Site Blocking'.



In the window showing which addresses are blocked, look at the list. See the start of the URLs? Some are ad companies that place ads on Neo. Now in the text area, type only the start of one of the addresses. Example: tribalfusion.com. Then click Add.



By blocking anything with tribalfusion in the address, you stop having to block each and every ad by itself.

How do you block all the different sites if your list has nothing on it? Go to View, then Page Source. Look for a code starting: "function write banner (site)", or a code containing the word "i frame" (the top banner). Look at which URL is there. Copy the beginning of the URL. Paste that into the Adblock New Filter, and click add. The most common sites used by Neo and other sites are:
[x] pagead2.googlesyndication.com
[x] servedbyadvertising.com
[x] ads.partnersource.com
[x] ad.doubleclick.net
[x] tribalfusion.com
[x] doubleclick.net
[x] valueclick.com
[x] burstnet.com
[x] adlog.com

Neo does have some ads on their own servers. The URLs are:
[x] images.neopets.com/sponsors
[x] images.neopets.com/buttons
[x] images.neopets.com/728ads
Thank you to helper47 for this method.