Those ads you see on websites aren’t just nuisances; they are the way many otherwise free websites and online services make the money necessary to keep going. Google is one major provider of onsite advertisements, and splitting fees from ad clicks between itself and individual website owners represents a significant amount of its annual revenue. Software like AdBlock Plus, which keep visitors from ever seeing ads in the first place, deprives Google of some revenue but can have a much larger impact on the websites Google services with ads. Writer Bio
