Design so Ad Blocker not block valid content

D

Doug Stewart

I recently created a FrontPage site with a professionally designed template.
Looks great, but a friend with 'Ad Blocker' software (in Norton Internet
Security 2006) cannot see my site properly unless he turns off 'Ad Blocker'.

I don't actually have any advertisements on this site. It appears that the
ad blocker is seeing some of the software as advertisements. In particular, I
have some JavaScript and a dynamically generated navigation panel. The
navigation panel does not appear at all if 'Ad Blocker' is on.

Consequently, I would like to change my design so that 'Ad Blocker' does not
block it. I know that there are a number of blockers out there and presumably
they work in different ways. However, as more and more people get 'Ad
Blocker' software, I can see that this would be a growing issue with people
seeing my site. Are there some general coding guidelines to avoid this
problem?

Best regards,
Doug
 
R

Ronx

NIS blocks images that have words connected with advertising in their
path or filenames. These words include ad, advert, advertisement,
banner and there are others.
NIS also looks at the size of the image and blocks those that are the
"standard" size of a ad. banner or thumbnail. I have no idea what that
"standard" is, since it seems to vary from site to site, but changing
the image dimensions by a few pixels seems to remove the block.

A link to the site may (or may not) produce more information.
 
D

Doug Stewart

Thank you.

I've checked my filenames. None of them use "ad", "advert", "advertisement",
or "banner".

Likewise, the paths are clean.

The site is http://www.dog-food-corner.com

Here is the coding of the Navigation panel:
<script language="javascript">
function changePage( szUrl )
{
parent.location=szUrl;
}
</script>

</head>

<body>

<div id="toc">
<div id="tocHeader"></div>

<div id="tocLinks">

<table width="153" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('index.html');">Home</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('premium-dog-food.htm');">Premium Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('natural-dog-food.htm');">Natural Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('healthy-dog-food.htm');">Healthy Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('vegetarian-dog-food.htm');">Vegetarian Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('mixer-dog-food.htm');">Mixer</a></td></tr>

<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('barf-dog-food.htm');">BARF Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('toxic-dog-food.htm');">Toxic Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('types-of-dog-food.htm');">Types of Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-nutrition1.htm');">Basic
Nutrition</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('minerals-vitamins.htm');">Minerals &
Vitamins</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-nutrition2.htm');">Individual
Needs</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-labels.htm');">Dog Food
Labels</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('pay-less-4-dog-food.htm');">Pay Less 4 Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-tips.htm');">Selecting a Dog
Food</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-allergy.htm');">Dog Food
Allergy</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-years-human-years-age.htm');">Dog Years
Converter</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="/dog-food-forum/" target="blank">Forum</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('links.htm');">Related Sites</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-about-us.htm');">About us</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('dog-food-contact-us.htm');">Contact
us</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="images/link_arrow.jpg" border="0"></td><td><a
href="javascript:changePage('link-to-from-us.htm');">Link to/from
us</a></td></tr>

</table>
</div>
<div id="tocFooter"></div>
</div>


</body>




Best regards,
Doug
 
D

David Berry

I don't see any blocked content warning in IE and the only thing that looks
like it might get sensed as an ad is this:

<!-- google ad-sense panel -->

<div id="googleAds">
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/tlc.jpg"></td>
<td background="images/btbg.jpg"></td>
<td><img src="images/trc.jpg"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td background="images/blbg.jpg"></td>

<td>
<!-- google bar here (add google code below)-->

</td>
<td background="images/brbg.jpg"></td>

</tr>

<tr>
<td><img src="images/blc.jpg"></td>
<td background="images/bbbg.jpg"></td>
<td><img src="images/brc.jpg"></td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>
 
M

Murray

Change your image's dimensions by 1px in either height or width. That'll
usually do the trick.
 

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