# Block Taboola, Outbrain, etc

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-taboola-outbrain-etc/353>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-taboola-outbrain-etc/353 "2016-10-25T07:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![PromoFaux](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/promofaux/32/1545_2.png) [@PromoFaux](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/PromoFaux)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/block-taboola-outbrain-etc/353/10 "2016-10-25T09:56:10Z")

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I wonder if they're cached on your phone? Take a look at this guide for how to watch your logs for clues:

Maybe On the mobile site they're coming from a different, unblocked domain....

> [@How do I watch and interpret the pihole.log file?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-watch-the-log-file/276):
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> Use this [command](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/the-pihole-command-with-examples/738) to watch the log file in real time: pihole -t which is just a short version of sudo tail -F /var/log/pihole.log You can also do it on the web interface: [image] When your Pi-hole first starts up, it will read your hosts file as well as /etc/pihole/gravity.list, which is where your list of ad-serving domains is. So one of the first log entries will read like this: Nov 13 07:45:04 dnsmasq[1055]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses Nov 13 07:45:06 dnsmasq[1055]: read /etc/pihole/g…

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