The phrase "ads were blocked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that advertisements were prevented from being displayed, often in the context of web browsing or app usage.
Example: "After installing the ad blocker, I noticed that many ads were blocked while I was browsing the website."
Alternatives: "advertisements were prevented" or "ads were filtered out".
Online ads were blocked by default.
One European operator has reportedly installed Shine's product in its data centres and plans to turn it on before the end of the year.Transatlantic tensionsIf mobile ads were blocked by default, this would violate the principle of network neutrality, which holds that internet providers should treat all types of traffic equally.
A couple of weeks ago HubPages ads were blocked from MySpace's new self serve ad platform, MyAds, as being competitive to MySpace.
Users can disable the feature, so that all ads are blocked.
When most ads are blocked, given the vast amount of time that we spend online, the critically limited inventory will be worth more money, given more design attention and could end up with ads that are worthy of attention.
Another new feature is the addition of an ad tracker counter, which largely serves to satisfy user curiosity about how many tracking ads are blocked while using the app.
Publishers have begun to fight back against this approach – either redirecting users to subscription sign-up pages when ads are blocked, or – in more extreme cases – even taking the ad blockers to court to try to get them shut down.
The Libertarian Party was given a different reason for its ads being blocked after being initially approved.
Most ads are blocked, but some make it through the filter.
They have no way of knowing whether an ad was blocked, because the offending software resides not on a Web server but on a user's own hard drive.
They have no way of knowing if an ad was blocked, because the offending software resides not on a web server but on a user's own hard drive.
