Yahoo likes to make you believe that you have to upgrade to get no more ads, but a couple of weeks ago, when they had technical problems and accidently placed a script in the box on the YA pages instead of the flash ads normally displayed, I found out that adyield-manager is used to place personalized ads. Adyield manager uses cookies to track your browsing habits, so you may get a different ad displayed than somebody sitting right next to you. That prompted me to look for solutions since I don’t like to get spied upon, and I found several good solutions…
Download and install the latest Firefox browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Also install "adblock plus":
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Result: no more annoying ads! And pages are loading much quicker too…:-)
http://www.admuncher.com/ - this adblocker for the IE (and other browsers) gets highly recommended in several forums.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26171/safari-adblock - for Safari Mac
http://opindian.com/blog/2009/02/25/adblock-solution-for-safari-4-windows-and-mac/ - another solution for Safari 4 Win and Mac.
I personally have the Firefox installed and don’t even see anymore ads on the YA pages…:-)
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