AdBlock Detection

Detect if a visitor is using an ad blocker and set up targeting rules accordingly. What is an AdBlocker and why should I use AdBlocker segmentation?AdBlocker is a browser plugin that allows disabling unwanted ads from being fired on your website. However, normally it does not affect the campaign display of OptiMonk, so that the campaigns display even if a visitor is actively using AdBlocker. It is also worth mentioning that AdBlocker can unintentionally break some websites, for example, some elements will be missing on the website.Note: this statement is not true if you install OptiMonk via Google Tag Manager. The campaigns will not be displayed once AdBlocker is active in that case. The reason for it is that AdBlocker blocks the performance of GTM and because of this of OptiMonk as well. Segmenting your visitors based on AdBlocker is very useful if you know that AdBlocker is negatively affecting you or the experience of your visitors. If you rely on ad revenue, you can use the AdBlock based segmentation to kindly ask your visitors using AdBlock to turn it off. Another example if you know that AdBlock is blocking some elements of your website, you can display a warning about this to your visitors.How to use AdBlock segmentation?You can set up a rule for AdBlock s…