The action or practice of using a special piece of software to prevent advertisements from appearing on a web page.
ad blocking is quickly becoming widespread
as modifier users have ad-blocking extensions installed
Example sentencesExamples
- Ad-blocking tools should help web pages load much faster on mobiles.
- The popularity of ad blocking software has grown substantially.
- The latest version of its operating system will enable ad blocking.
- Publishers are scrambling to figure out what ad blocking is going to do their businesses.
- I don't use adblocking on desktops but after playing with it on my phone I think it will stay on that device.
- A slew of ad-blocking apps are expected to launch this week.
- The company specializes in helping websites deal with adblocking technology.
- It is now common that most people are agitated by ads popping here and there and are using ad blocking software.
- Different versions of the browser still support ad-blocking browser extensions.
- The ad-blocking capability is controversial because it undercuts the advertising-based business models of much of the Internet.