Clickbait Killer

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

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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'

Latest reviews

Muh_Fake_Account 2023-12-14: 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.
James Preston 2021-09-05: 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: This works on my local news site. Clickbait headlines were testing my will to live, but now I am liberated. Thank you.
Duncan Atkinson 2021-06-03: OMG, thank god I don't have to put up with those ads, works on my local news website.
Duncan Atkinson 2021-06-03: OMG, thank god I don't have to put up with those ads, works on my local news website.
Steven Lam 2020-03-02: Works for some sites, but not others. I assume from the reviews this will be a growing list. Currently does not block clickbait on https://www.reuters.com/ (click bait by dianomi)
Steven Lam 2020-03-02: Works for some sites, but not others. I assume from the reviews this will be a growing list. Currently does not block clickbait on https://www.reuters.com/ (click bait by dianomi)
Jô Miyagui 2019-10-16: Funciona.
Giovanni Tummarello 2019-08-05: So far works, and this is SO needed. If i had a way to donate i would
Giovanni Tummarello 2019-08-05: So far works, and this is SO needed. If i had a way to donate i would
Chuck Méndez 2019-06-30: It blocks all clickbait links and ads as far as I've seen. It has a big problem, though: it takes a few seconds to kick in after loading a page, so the page in question will have the annoying ads for two or three seconds before they disappear and as you know: many of those ads are nsfw or just downright offensive and repulsive, so after loading a page, if I´m in a public place, I open another tab just for a few seconds waiting for the extension to react. I wish there was a way in which it loaded a page without the ads from the get-go.
Chuck Méndez 2019-06-30: It blocks all clickbait links and ads as far as I've seen. It has a big problem, though: it takes a few seconds to kick in after loading a page, so the page in question will have the annoying ads for two or three seconds before they disappear and as you know: many of those ads are nsfw or just downright offensive and repulsive, so after loading a page, if I´m in a public place, I open another tab just for a few seconds waiting for the extension to react. I wish there was a way in which it loaded a page without the ads from the get-go.
Simon Strijbos 2018-12-20: Works on some sites and really well if it works. Be aware that this uses Google Analytics to track basically every page you visit while this extension is active.
Simon Strijbos 2018-12-20: Works on some sites and really well if it works. Be aware that this uses Google Analytics to track basically every page you visit while this extension is active.
Wout Mertens 2018-10-11: It works :)
Wout Mertens 2018-10-11: It works :)
Matt Hill 2018-09-10: OMG, thank you so much! Removes all the clickbait "news" from the CNN page!
Matt Hill 2018-09-10: OMG, thank you so much! Removes all the clickbait "news" from the CNN page!
Randy Ellis 2018-06-11: Content by Lendingtree, content by myfinance this is clearly click bait and still showing up on cnn.com pages.
Randy Ellis 2018-06-11: Content by Lendingtree, content by myfinance this is clearly click bait and still showing up on cnn.com pages.
Skull Kid 2018-04-09: Simply doesn't work. Zergnet "around the web" still shows up
Skull Kid 2018-04-09: Simply doesn't work. Zergnet "around the web" still shows up
Krishna Ryali 2018-03-31: thanks to this app it saved me
Krishna Ryali 2018-03-31: thanks to this app it saved me
Tommy Carstensen 2018-03-30: Good idea, but it doesn't work on Yahoo ads.
Tommy Carstensen 2018-03-30: Good idea, but it doesn't work on Yahoo ads.
Lambertus Dekker 2018-02-08: works perfect,
Lambertus Dekker 2018-02-08: works perfect,
Woodrow Wilson 2017-11-12: Have had this for quite a while now, works!
Woodrow Wilson 2017-11-12: Have had this for quite a while now, works!
Glen Little 2017-07-07: Simple and effective!
Glen Little 2017-07-07: Simple and effective!
Keith Durand 2017-04-21: This is also the 3rd clickbait extension I tried but like the others it doesn't work at all.
Keith Durand 2017-04-21: This is also the 3rd clickbait extension I tried but like the others it doesn't work at all.
Marc Bubel 2017-03-20: This is the 3rd clickbait blocking app I've tried and it was the first to actually block clickbait. The toolbar icon is blank so the extension seems incomplete in design. Good start and I'll keep using it.
Marc Bubel 2017-03-20: This is the 3rd clickbait blocking app I've tried and it was the first to actually block clickbait. The toolbar icon is blank so the extension seems incomplete in design. Good start and I'll keep using it.

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