Can't get rid of a certain add on a local newspaper

Daniel_Consuegra · May 26, 2020, 10:36pm

I've tried adding the domain to the blacklist, but nothing.. this must be something stronger...

The ad is the one in the middle in this page:

The domain that I see linked to it is oferplan.larioja.com

But even though I've placed the domain in the blacklist, it insists on showing up.. ideas?

jfb · May 26, 2020, 10:47pm

Daniel_Consuegra · May 26, 2020, 10:52pm

Thanks! Tried a few and figured out one thing... this particular ad is a carrousel... it's inside a container! ugh...

jfb · May 27, 2020, 12:58am

With the stock blocklists and a few extra regex, I don't see what you see:

Daniel_Consuegra · May 27, 2020, 6:51am

How do I set those up?

The ad is lower down the page.... Right after the opinion row....

Thanks for your help btw!

yubiuser · May 27, 2020, 7:38am

I use these:

github.com

mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/4cb49b4ed714eae45fd4f39137900363fde96b7f/regex.list

^(.+[_.-])?ad([sxv]?[0-9]*|system)[_.-]
^(.+[_.-])?adse?rv(er?|ice)?s?[0-9]*[_.-]
^(.+[_.-])?telemetry[_.-]
^adim(age|g)s?[0-9]*[_.-]
^adtrack(er|ing)?[0-9]*[_.-]
^advert(s|is(ing|ements?))?[0-9]*[_.-]
^aff(iliat(es?|ion))?[_.-]
^analytics?[_.-]
^banners?[_.-]
^beacons?[0-9]*[_.-]
^count(ers?)?[0-9]*[_.-]
^mads\.
^pixels?[-.]
^stat(s|istics)?[0-9]*[_.-]
^track(ing)?[0-9]*[_.-]

Daniel_Consuegra · May 27, 2020, 8:09am

Thanks! I'm at work right now... will check it out later today...

Daniel_Consuegra · June 9, 2020, 4:55pm

Darn.. I found the culprit being caught in the logs...

But still the darned ad appears (that yellow-ish/green-ish blob in the middle):

And looking in the code I found this: