Hi,

I'm not sure how many of you are using AdBlockPlus and noticed google
Ads appearing when you search for some product (eg: ssl certificate).

It seems AdBlockPlus whitelisted Google because Google is paying money
to them. Not only google, there are lot of companies paying AdBlockPlus
for whitelisting,

http://dottech.org/25096/what-is-acceptable-ads-and-how-to-disable-it-adblock-plus/

This webpage discusses about why AdBlockPlus allows Ads. It also shows
how to quickly disable "acceptable-ads".

But I feel, sooner or later, AdBlockPlus will remove the checkbox and
not going to provide a way for user to disable "acceptable-ads". I felt
betrayed by AdBlockPlus. So, thought of doing something to remove the
Google Ads myself.

Then I came around greasemonkey and its ability to manipulate DOM. I
started writing my first greasemonkey script and finished with
'DisableGoogleAds.user.js' which will remove advertisements from google
whenever you visit google websites.

I have uploaded it to userscripts.org. If you don't want google ads in
your browser, then follow the steps,

1) install greasemonkey extension
2) go to http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/174141
3) click install button on the top right corner.
4) enable the script in Tools->Greasemonkey->Manage User Scripts

Thats it. hope you enjoy google advertisement free web.

Thanks,
Mohan R

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