How to Block Ads on Android Apps and Browsers

The Android users always get annoyed from the extra and useless ads on Android apps and Browsers. They simply want to get rid of them. Therefore, today we are going to share a method to block ads.


If I tell you my views on those extra ads, so, I would simply say you that it is really annoying. Every user want to work in free and friendly environment. Hence, to enjoy that friendly environment you are supposed to perform some sort of tricks.

You can use this methods to block ads on Android apps and browsers. Ones, you have applied this trick then you will be able to use apps without ads and browse the internet without the interruption of extra ads.

Why to Block Ads on Android Apps and Browsers?
First of all, let me elaborate it more for you. You are supposed to block ads in order to enjoy the clean and friendly environment.

When you block ads for your apps and browsers then it makes your app work faster and increases the browsing speed of your internet, since, the interruption has removed from your Android.

Block Ads on Android Apps and Browsers
So, friends here comes the main part of the post, which will make you understand that, “how to block ads on Android Apps and Browsers?” We are going to use two different methods for doing so.

Methods:-
You can select any of your convenient method and can start blocking the ads for your apps and browsers. These both methods work awesome and fine.


Method 1:- Block Ads Using Adblock Plus for Android

This is the first method which we have got for you guys to help you out in blocking the ads using Adblock Plus. In this method root is not required at all.

First of all, you need to enable unknown sources-you can disable it after ending the block ads process. To enable unknown sources you are supposed to go to Settings >> Security >> Applications
After enabling the unknown sources, you are supposed to download Adblock Plus APK. After the completion of  downloading Install it
After the installing, run Adblock Plus for your Android device and enable filtering. Then it will automatically done the proxy setting for your device.
However, if it does not do the automatic proxy setting for your devices then you can do it manually as well by referring this official guide
Ones you have done and followed all the steps then it will start doing its work and will start blocking useless and annoying ads on Android apps and browsers.
Note: Adblock Plus will keep on blocking ads until it is enabled, ones you have disabled it then it will not block ads for your device.

Method 2:- Block Ads Using AdAway App

This is another awesome and workable method which can be used to block ads using AdAway app. This is the app which really works and gives you awesome results.

However, to get benefit from this method, you are supposed to have rooted device. If you don’t have a root device then you can make your device rooted with the help of below guide and then follow the steps mentioned below:

After rooting your device (If not have already), you are supposed to enable the unknown sources. To enable unknown sources you are supposed to go to Settings >> Security >> Applications. You can disable it after finishing the blocking of ads.
Afterwards, download the AdAway App for you device and then Install it too
Ones, installation is done then this AddAway app will scan your device compatibility-let it scan.
Afterwards, it will ask you for the root access, grant It and then Click on Download Files and Apply Ad Blocking, then wait for while to modify it
Then restart your device, now the ads on Apps and browsers will be blocked. It will be blocking your ads automatically, you are not supposed to open it on each restart.


These are the two famous methods which can be used to block ads on Android apps and browsers. You can ensure the friendly surfing and using of Android apps without useless ads.

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How to Block Useless Websites from your Google Search Results

Do you see spam or useless websites in your Google search results? Here are some tips to help you permanently block such websites from showing up in your Google results.

Google has been getting better at identifying and removing spam websites from their search results pages but sometimes not-so-useful sites do manage to slip through the Google filters. What can you do to prevent such sites from appearing in your Google results?
 
Approach #1: Block Sites at the Browser Level 
Google offers an easy-to-use Chrome add-on called Personal Blocklist that lets you block entire web domains from showing up in your Google search results. If you spot any irrelevant website in search results pages, just click the block link (screenshot below) and all pages from that website will be hidden from your Google results forever.

The Chrome add-on implements client-side filtering – the blocked websites are still getting served in Google search results as before and the add-on simply hides them on your screen using CSS.

A limitation with this approach is that it works only inside Google Chrome. That is, if you are searching Google inside Firefox or maybe on your mobile phone, the site filters that you have created in Chrome won’t be available to you.


Approach #2: Block Sites per Google Account 
Google also offers a web dashboard for manually blocking spam websites, one URL at a time. You can add up to 500 different websites to your blocked list and Google won’t show pages from any of the included sites provided you are signed in with your Google account. That’s the promise but unfortunately, this solution doesn’t seem to work anymore.


Approach #3: Google Search with a Global Filter
If you would like to create a “global  filter”  for your Google search results that works inside all browsers including mobile devices, you can make use of Google’s Custom Search (CSE).
CSE, if you are new, is Google except that it is meant for searching a smaller set of websites and not the entire Internet.  
Now here’s a little trick.
You can do a reverse configuration such that Google CSE searches the entire Internet except the websites that you think are useless. Here’s how you can set it up in 2 minutes.

Step #1 (optional): Assuming that you have been blocking websites using the Personal Blocklist add-on in Chrome, click the BlockList icon in your Google Chrome toolbar and choose “Export” to download the list of all sites that you have blocked so far.
Step #2: Click here to create a Custom Search Engine. Give it a name, description and in the “Sites to Search” section, enter all the popular TLDs (like *.com, *.org, etc) one per line.

Step #3: Click Next to save the changes. You’ll have an option to test your CSE. Click Next again and on this screen, click the link that says “Include more sites.” This is where you’ll enter the list of “bad” websites the should be blocked in Google Search Results.

Choose Exclude Sites -> Exclude Sites in Bulk and enter all the domains that should be removed from your Google search results. You can even copy-paste your Chrome Block list here. Save the changes and your “clean” Google search engine is ready.

[*] If you would like your Google search engine to search all known TLDs and not just the popular ones, go to the Manage Search Engine page inside Google CSE and change the “How to search included sites” option from “Search only included sites” to “Search the entire web but emphasize included sites.”

Google CSE results are as relevant as the main Google web search engine and the layout looks good on mobiles and tablets as well. The only manual work you will have to do going forward is to keep the Chrome block list and the CSE exclude list in sync with each other.

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