Updated List of Gawker Network Advertisers:
Acid's Notes: Gawker uses a pair of ad traffic analysis sites called moat.com and simplereach.com to fine tune their aggregated and native ads, with the latter also displaying rotating ads. Furthermore, they have the following disclaimer for ALL of the product-related articles:
"Do you make money on the deals you post? Sometimes. All our content carries a disclaimer that we may get a small share of any sales we drive to retailers with affiliate programs, even if that content has no affiliate links or only links to retailers without affiliate programs.
Aggregated Ads:
Xbox.com via Google Syndication
Discover Card via Google Syndication
Coors Brewing Company via Google Adsense
IBM via Google Adsense
Comedy Central via Doubleclick.net
Weebly via Google Adsense
Varidesk.com via Google Adsense
Normal Ads: [Format= Advertiser (Gawker site). Kotaku is omitted as it has its own list on GitGud already]
Realthread.com (Kinja)
Chartbeat.net (an ad aggregator, but a special one listing Gawker as a "partner." We might do good emailing them.) (Kinja)
ebay.com (Kinja) (Lifehacker)
hsbc.com (Kinja)
Audible (an Amazon company) (Gizmodo)
Dicksmith.com (Gizmodo)
Allstate (Gizmodo)
Sprint (Gizmodo)
US Cellular (Gizmodo)
H&R Block (Lifehacker)
Meldium.com (Gizmodo)
Native Ads: (Listed as "Sponsored" or having "The Commerce Team" as the authors)
Note to other diggers: Apple itunes Store & Google Play are both shilled for apps, but the links do not indicate the triggering of a tracking cookie. Gawker MAY not get money off of these. The Amazon links DO use a tracking cookie.
Amazon.com - FAR more native ads for them than ANY other place. (All sites)
Realthread.com (*Sponsored* Gawker, Kinja)
Bestbuy.com (Kinja, Gizmodo)
Sears.com (Kinja)
woot.com (Kinja)
newegg.com (Kinja, Gizmodo))
Tigerdirect.com (Kinja, Gizmodo)
warblyparker.com (Lifehacker)
REI.com (Lifehacker, Gizmodo) (Asuka would never join the enemy. Fite me fgts.)
Emirates.com (*Sponsored* Lifehacker)
Edit:
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL NOTE!
The Adsense ads for Discover Card appear VERY frequently. They are probably a contracted ad being ran through Google.
TARGET DISCOVER.
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[–] SocialJusticeWizard 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Thank you for telling more people about this. If you're sick and tired of people challenging your biases this is perfect for you.
[–] Adrint ago
So, finding a way to view and read content from various organizations and companies that I don't support while denying them ad revenue is somehow equal to living in your own little bubble? That's a bit of a hypocritical thing to imply, considering that anti-GG's made an addon that literally just blocks users based on an arbitrary algorithm.
[–] SocialJusticeWizard ago
Wow, I totally agree. If they can do it we can do it too. That's a really clever thing. Although I still think it's a different when we do it, you know?