Clickbait Killer

Attempts to remove clickbait 'listicles' (from the likes of Taboola, Revcontent etc) from any web page you visit.

What is Clickbait Killer?

'Clickbait Killer' is a Chrome extension engineered to enhance your browsing experience by eliminating clickbait 'listicles' often found on various sites. It primarily targets ads from Taboola, Revcontent, Zergnet, Outbrain and contentad, contributing to a cleaner, more focused browsing environment.

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By: Adam Hey

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.86 (22)

Version: 0.4 (Last updated: 2019-01-14)

Creation date: 2019-01-13

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://www.google.co.za/*
*://www.google-analytics.com/*
*://www.google.com/*
*://mail.google.com/*

Size: 110.59K

Email: am*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23918 ▼ 58

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#24691 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 38

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Summary

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Sick and tired of Taboola's "You my like" clickbait article listings on every webpage you visit? I was too, so I decided to knock together a Chrome extension to remove them.

Clickbait Killer attempts to remove clickbait 'listicles' (from the likes of Taboola, Revcontent etc) from any web page you visit.

Currently it only removes Taboola and Revcontent "Links from the Web" lists, but please help me expand this extension's arsenal by sending me examples of sites that contain similar clickbait ads.

I'd love to hear feedback whether it's good or bad. This is just a side-project for me, but I'm keen to improve upon it where possible.

UPDATE: Added 'Zergnet', 'Outbrain' and 'contentad'

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Blocks clickbait links and ads
Works well on some sites
Easy and effective to use

Cons

Doesn't work on all sites, including popular ones like Yahoo and CNN
Ads are displayed for a few seconds before being blocked
Uses Google Analytics to track every page you visit

Most mentioned

Effective in blocking clickbait
Doesn't work on all sites
Displays Google ads for a few seconds before they disappear

Recent reviews

The RevContent ads were getting worse and worse. There were tons of ads for marijuana which I don't like but could ignore. But then the ads became nasty. Verging on pornography. I have kids in my house and do NOT want them seeing these images on my monitor, nor do I want my husband seeing the images. Porn is everywhere as it is; The last thing I want to do is invite that toxic garbage into my home. Anyway, this works! I can visit my favorite news blog without cringing. Edit: Nope. Doesn't work after all. It's RevContent that I'm getting bombarded with and the ads are DIRTY. I do not want this in my home. It's Gateway Pundit that I'm seeing the ads on. I have an adblock that I can use but then it blocks the X (Twitter) posts embedded in the articles. If you could get this working I will love you to death.

Muh_Fake_Account, 2023-12-14

This works on my local news site. Clickbait headlines were testing my will to live, but now I am liberated. Thank you.

James Preston, 2021-09-05

OMG, thank god I don't have to put up with those ads, works on my local news website.

Duncan Atkinson, 2021-06-03

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Safety

Risk impact

Clickbait Killer is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Clickbait Killer if you trust the publisher.