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On this page, Ad Detector says the article is paid for by EY. No idea what EY is and I don't see any fine print indicating that it's a paid piece. http://www.forbes.com/sites/hollieslade/2014/08/21/how-this-man-built-a-3m-business-a-year-on-from-four-years-in-prison/ (The site shows an ad the first time you visit, just load the page a second time to see the article.)

Example URL: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/01/26/designing-for-a-better-tomorrow/

• Example URL: http://www.nrcq.nl/advertorial/vergeet-wie-ik-ben-dat-moet-van-de-nieuwe-privacywet
• Detection: URL path starts with /advertorial/

Ad detector says everything on the Daily Beast is an Ad.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Digiday.com is labeled as a native ad. While perhaps not entire untrue, it's still not consistent with the theme you set for the plug-in.

Firefox was all set to go, but I had to change the basic injection technique because Chrome sandboxed the 'window' variable, which was needed to detect Mashable and Fastcompany.

Now I have Chrome-specific calls in main.js that need to be removed before a Firefox version is ready.

Examples:

• https://www.bright.nl/sponsored-special/bright-lezers-geven-de-meedenkende-klantenservice-van-xs4all-een-84
• http://www.iculture.nl/promo/eindoordeel-xs4all-iculture-insiders/
• http://androidworld.nl/business/xs4all-klantenservice-getest-het-eindoordeel-en-kantoorbezoek/

It seems the first two can be determined based on the URL (sponsored-special/promo), but the third one can't be - there's an "Advertorial" badge on the page, though.

Firefox detects AdDetector to be incompatible with multiprocess (e10s). See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Working_with_multiprocess_Firefox.

I've got 0.1.12 installed in Chrome. These URLs are all flagging as sponsored:

http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/404meplease
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/i-didnt-expect-to-find-pornography-in-my-9-year-olds-web-history/375896/?single_page=true
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/i-didnt-expect-to-find-pornography-in-my-9-year-olds-web-history/375896/

I've got a bunch of other extensions so I'm not positive if this is an AdDetector problem alone.

Many thanks, love the tool!

Another important area to increase awareness of ads is entertainment media. Let's also focus on adding a few large entertainment publications.

The extension should occasionally retrieve updated rules from a server.

Some people may not like the idea of a server updating their rules arbitrarily, so this will have to be done carefully and correctly.

A web extension port is planned?

Editorial article

See the above url for a false positive.

http://recode.net/sponsored-content/the-future-of-content-its-a-journey-not-a-destination/
http://studioatgawker.kinja.com/your-wimpy-workout-has-nothing-on-houdinis-bizarre-trai-1613321041
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/bizwomen/channels/pnc/2014/08/for-businesses-green-is-here-to-stay.html
http://thoughtcatalog.com/thought-catalog-sponsored-posts/2014/07/23-incredible-summer-photos-that-will-make-you-book-your-vacation-tomorrow/
http://gearpatrol.com/2014/08/04/nobody-wins-counterfeit-batteries/
http://tribtalk.org/2014/07/30/fixing-whats-wrong-with-testing-in-k-12-education/
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118883/millennials-dont-want-climb-traditional-career-ladder
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/landfill-fuels-frances-energy-future
http://www.politico.com/magazine/sponsor-content/2014/07/to-save-detroit-start-small/#.U9fGvoBdVv0
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/how-cnn-and-cisco-made-web-series-about-progressive-cities-158983
http://www.phillymag.com/sponsor-content/grilling-gets-healthy-makeover/
http://www.xojane.com/we-were-paid-for-this/my-favorite-things-lasvegas-day
http://gothamist.com/2014/06/16/opposites_attract_the_best_nyc_date_1.php
http://arstechnica.com/sponsored/it-consumption-model-interactive-infographic/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/29/will-you-choose-a-conflict-free-microprocessor.html
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/when-to-spend-and-when-to-save-sauder-202896
http://www.bloomberg.com/native/article/?mvi=8a0a327343df4ca0b503d03a93deebd2
http://www.thestar.com/sponsored_sections/dailyhealth.html
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/spark-ignites-match-how-sam-yagan-became-the-dominant-a81624092647.html
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/sponsor-content/healthy/
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2014/05/15/whimsical-grilling-leif-hedendal
http://www.vice.com/ketelone/modern-craftsmen-gregory-laketek
http://www.marketwatch.com/ad/article/narratives?prx_t=RpABA5q0BAICAFA&prx_q=8163
http://www.today.com/home/chip-it-sherwin-williams-1D79856708
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/orange-sorbet-recipe.html?COUPON=07-0094-01&bid=847241
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/26/a-joint-venture-with-capp-oil-industry-set-to-grow/?__lsa=4d92-1f6b
http://www.canadianfamily.ca/kids/baby/your-guide-to-baby-massage-sponsored/
http://www.inc.com/theupsstore/index.html
http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/travel-articles/2014-Adventure-Bucket-List.html
http://readwrite.com/2014/03/14/api-explainer-intel#awesm=~oDCS7ICV27l5BC
http://www.upworthy.com/30-seconds-of-women-over-apologizing-followed-by-30-seconds-of-them-so-destroying-that-stereotype?c=upw1&utm_content=bufferad514&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
http://pioneerlocal.suntimes.com/sponsored/?post=1486-What%20are%20the%20possible%20causes%20of%20your%20ankle%20pain%3F&sponsor=342412-Hinsdale%20Foot%20%26%20Ankle
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/sponsor-story/?mvi=8ca5f068f5b249b88f359b7dcc8ca6a0
http://www.arlnow.com/2014/07/11/your-beermonger-comparing-beer-prices-2005-to-today/
http://mic.com/articles/96860/two-engineers-have-created-the-doll-every-young-girl-should-be-playing-with
http://qz.com/241614/reducing-indias-dependence-on-foreign-oil-and-gas/
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/profit/partner-news/050814-informatica-2202772.html
http://www.mymodernmet.com/7-Artists-Create-Intricate-Works-Assembling-Thousands-Pieces
http://www.vox.com/sponsored/goldman-sachs-naes/episode-1-the-north-american-energy-opportunity
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/idealab-impact/medicare-partd-affordable-drug-coverage

The homepage for Gawker throws the plugin's banner.

ad-detector marks this article as sponsored by CenturyLink,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2013/06/21/the-dangers-of-smoking-alcohol/
even though the only mention of centurylink in the html source is in the link to another article in the rotating header. Unless ad-detector knows something that is not shown on the page, this is wrong.

This will allow users to submit pages that are currently not recognized.

Example URL: https://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-swedish-fish-theory

Not sure how to detect this one, as it appears to be a manually added image. I don't know whether they have any other sponsored items, either.

See: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/strange-clothes-came-regular-old-3-d-printer/

"Candidate Running for BART Board Buys Bold Italic Journalist's ‘Endorsement’".

_Clarification:_ Bold Italic Editor Jennifer Maerz said she wants to make it clear the Bold Italic was not making an endorsement, rather providing sponsored content[.]

Well that clears everything up.

Just adding it here as a to-do; I haven’t had the time to write the script to detect sponsored content, but clearly this is a perfect example of a site that needs Ad Detector to put a big, fat warning on it.

ie: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8jesoec7l8dg3dp/Screenshot%202014-10-06%2011.16.25.png?dl=0

Similar to rtlnieuws.nl, but in this case the sponsor is clearly listed on the page.

Example: http://www.rtlz.nl/sponsored-special/sneller-diagnose-dankzij-toepassing-dvd-technologie

The repository appears to contain version 0.0.20, but the version in the Chrome store is stuck on 0.0.19. Is this intended?

We have rules for most, but not all, from this list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States_by_circulation

I think we also need more rules for online-only media sources (eg. techcrunch, zdnet, cnet).

Are there plans to add a Safari Plugin as well?

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