It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Facebook actually hides 'dummy' DOM nodes between the 'Sponsored' text. These values are entirely random characters, with a random number of DOM nodes between them. Invisible characters. At this point our CSS ad blocker is completely broken. There is no way for us to possibly code every possible value in CSS.
We've covered this before when Mike Pan noted it. Looks like it's evolved a bit since then, getting even a little tricker.
I just opened my … Read article
You've been hard at work optimizing your site. You've already done things like lazy-loading Google Maps and been wondering if there was anything else you could do. For example, is there anything we can do to improve the loading of ads? Good news, there is some things you can do. You can respect the user's mobile data plan by loading ads only when they are likely to appear in the viewport zone. You can also serve ads in the right … Read article
We do advertising here on CSS-Tricks! We like it. It's part of the wheel of life on the web. Products and services co-existing with publishers in a global ecosystem, where everyone focuses on what they are good at.
We actually try to make advertising better here. Nothing obtrusive, no garbage products or services, no tracking, sponsors are marked as such. Besides allowing us to sleep at night, it makes the advertising more effective.
One of the most effective types of … Read article
On this week's screencast I talk about online advertising. What it is, how it works, and mostly, my opinions about it. I thought I'd recap here and touch on some things I forgot about.… Read article