The phrase "advertising block" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific section of content in a publication or website that is dedicated to advertisements.
Example: "The website features an advertising block on the sidebar that showcases various products and services."
Alternatives: "ad space" or "advertisement section".
There was a bit of a user uproar when it came to light that browser advertising blocking service Adblock Plus was actually providing some advertisers, like Google, the opportunity to show some ads despite installation of its software through a whitelist program.
Hourlong speeches in prime time were also cutting into some of the network's most lucrative advertising blocks.
On www.santaclausonline.com one evening last month, there were advertising blocks for Coca-Cola; Oscar Mayer, the frankfurter-and-processed-meat maker; Pampers; and eBay, the online auction service.
Google is said to be providing publisher partners with guidelines about what qualifies as "intrusive ads," to help them avoid being included in the advertising blocked by the new feature, according to a Wall Street Journal report from June.
The move to make the content suggestions better comes also at a time when potential forays into more advertising recommendations may be challenged: there have been reports that Taboola and others like Google and Amazon are paying fees to popular service Adblock to get around its advertising blocking technology.
Purchase advertising blocks in local newspapers.
Done in the American artist's spoofy manner inspired by his early career in advertising, big block letters run between two hamburgers cursorily dashed off.
The logic here is that although it's odd for a company that makes its money from advertising to block ads, the move could actually be a way for Google to beat ad blockers by becoming one itself.
The logic here is that although it's odd for a company that makes its money from advertising to block ads, the move could actually be a way for Google to beat ad blockers by becoming one itself.
Calling the practice "extortion," the US Federal Trade commission has taken action against D. Squared Solutions and its principals Anish Dhingra and Jeffrey Davis, who allegedly spammed 135,000 Internet addresses every hour with pop-up advertisements advertising software that would block the same pop-ups!
