clickbait.txt

! Title: Clickbait blocklist
! Description: Isn't it annoying when news websites and search results are filled with random clickbait content? This list hopefully makes some of that go away
! Last updated: 3-2-2024
! Expires: 1 day
! Special thanks to https://github.com/sanjayen for inspiring this list and contributing over half of the entries in it
! This list was inspired by https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/issues/272
! Homepage: https://github.com/iam-py-test/my_filters_001/discussions/86
! Issues url: https://github.com/iam-py-test/my_filters_001/issues
! GitLab issues url (not checked as often): https://gitlab.com/iam-py-test/my_filters_001/-/issues

! References
! https://www.morningbrew.com/marketing/stories/2021/09/08/brands-still-playing-ball-clickbait-ad-sites-advertisings-roach-will-survive-bomb
! https://adalytics.io/blog/network-graph-analysis-to-identify-related-websites
! Perion Networks, through its subsidiaries, appears to operate at least 41 domains
! Pesto Harel Shemesh (also known as Crunchmind) appears to operate 88 websites 

! Clickbait ads
||cdn.taboola.com^$third-party
||taboola.com^$document

! Sites which exist only for clickbait
! Check for cdn.taboola.com or amplify.outbrain.com or widgets.outbrain.com or linked from known clickbait sites

! Perion Networks
! same Google Analytics ID UA-43750835-36/ UA-178993256-6 (new) or Taboola tracking pixel ID 1240533 or Yahoo tracking pixel ID 10122972 as magellantimes.com
! loads pubocean-tracker.js
! https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jnZD7P2C5u0lsP8o10-Z_qHHQk9ADy5A5o7FtrlFX8xWD7e4KZ09dXP-a2ii67IrqgLEIvU_xnjYhD8q8Y8pyHz6YXJb5OrbU0Kbbuio-EqTtRqdPbDQwoDKRJgoqYU-6FCgIyKB=s0
||absolutehistory.com^$document
||affluenttimes.com^$document
||atlanticmirror.com^$document
||autoinquirer.com^$document
||brillianttraveler.com^$document
||eliteherald.com^$document
||equitymirror.com$^document
||guerillainsurance.com^$document
||happinesstimes.com^$document
||historicalgenius.com^$document
||historicalpost.com^$document
||inspiringpet.com^$document
||luxandlush.com^$document
||magellantimes.com^$document
||moneycougar.com^$document
||mowmag.com^$document
||nextrefinance.com^$document
||nightdaily.com^$document
||opulentexpress.com^$document
||pawszilla.com^$document
||petsfanatic.com^$document
||scribol.com^$document
||totalpast.com^$document
||unleashedfinance.com^$document
||wealtheditor.com^$document
||zenherald.com^$document

! NOT SURE ABOUT THIS
! trivia.com
! earth.com
! trendscatchers.de

! TODO: Pesto Harel Shemesh (also known as Crunchmind)

! Other clickbait sites cross-linked
! autooverload and bonvoyaged have the same designs
||autooverload.com^$document
||bonvoyaged.com^$document

||adventurecrunch.com^$document
||centurylink.net^$document
||definition.org^$document
||elitereaders.com^$document
||factinate.com^$document
||gazillions.com^$document
||heraldweekly.com^$document
||inventgoddess.com^$document
||itsthevibe.com^$document
||postfun.com^$document
||theclever.com^$document
||therichest.com^$document
||thetalko.com^$document
||thethings.com^$document
||upbeatnews.com^$document
||worldlifestyle.com^$document

! NOT SURE ABOUT THIS
! historydaily.org
! maternityweek.com

! Copied over from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpeterso/clickbait-blocklist/master/clickbait-blocklist.txt
||adblade.com^$all

! https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/news-farm-impersonates-60-plus-major-outlets-bbc-cnn-cnbc-guardian/
||australiannewstoday.com^$document
||bbcnewstoday.com^$document
||bloombergnewstoday.com^$document
||bostonnewstoday.com^$document
||britishnewstoday.com^$document
||canadiannewstoday.com^$document
||chinaworldnewstoday.com^$document
||chroniclenewstoday.com^$document
||cnbcnewstoday.com^$document
||cnnworldtoday.com^$document
||crunchbasenewstoday.com^$document
||dailyexpressnewstoday.com^$document
||dailyheraldnewstoday.com^$document
||dailymirrornewstoday.com^$document
||dailystarnewstoday.com^$document
||dailytelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||dutchnewstoday.com^$document
||dwnewstoday.com^$document
||europeannewstoday.com^$document
||forbesnewstoday.com^$document
||frenchnewstoday.com^$document
||germaynewstoday.com^$document
||guardiannewstoday.com^$document
||headlinesworldnews.com^$document
||huffingtonposttoday.com^$document
||irishnewstoday.com^$document
||italiannewstoday.com^$document
||livemintnewstoday.com^$document
||maltanewstime.com^$document
||mirrornewstoday.com^$document
||nationalposttoday.com^$document
||neatherlandnewstoday.com^$document
||neweuropetoday.com^$document
||norwaynewstoday.com^$document
||oxfordnewstoday.com^$document
||portugalnewstoday.com^$document
||postgazettenewstoday.com^$document
||republicofchinatoday.com^$document
||reuterstoday.com^$document
||russiannewstoday.com^$document
||scotlandnewstoday.com^$document
||spanenewstoday.com^$document
||switzerlandnewstoday.com^$document
||thedailymailnewstoday.com^$document
||thedailytelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||theexpressnewstoday.com^$document
||theheraldnewstoday.com^$document
||theindependentnewstoday.com^$document
||theirishtimesnewstoday.com^$document
||theirishtimestoday.com^$document
||themetronewstoday.com^$document
||themirrornewstoday.com^$document
||thequintnewstoday.com^$document
||thestarnewstoday.com^$document
||thesunnewstoday.com^$document
||thetelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||timesofnetherland.com^$document
||timesofspanish.com^$document
||topeuropenews.com^$document
||topworldnewstoday.com^$document
||turkeynewstoday.com^$document
||walesnewstoday.com^$document
||washingtonposttoday.com^$document
||washingtontimesnewstoday.com^$document
||www.australiannewstoday.com^$document
||www.bbcnewstoday.com^$document
||www.bloombergnewstoday.com^$document
||www.bostonnewstoday.com^$document
||www.britishnewstoday.com^$document
||www.canadiannewstoday.com^$document
||www.chinaworldnewstoday.com^$document
||www.chroniclenewstoday.com^$document
||www.cnbcnewstoday.com^$document
||www.cnnworldtoday.com^$document
||www.crunchbasenewstoday.com^$document
||www.dailyexpressnewstoday.com^$document
||www.dailyheraldnewstoday.com^$document
||www.dailymirrornewstoday.com^$document
||www.dailystarnewstoday.com^$document
||www.dailytelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||www.dutchnewstoday.com^$document
||www.dwnewstoday.com^$document
||www.europeannewstoday.com^$document
||www.forbesnewstoday.com^$document
||www.frenchnewstoday.com^$document
||www.germaynewstoday.com^$document
||www.guardiannewstoday.com^$document
||www.headlinesworldnews.com^$document
||www.huffingtonposttoday.com^$document
||www.irishnewstoday.com^$document
||www.italiannewstoday.com^$document
||www.livemintnewstoday.com^$document
||www.maltanewstime.com^$document
||www.mirrornewstoday.com^$document
||www.nationalposttoday.com^$document
||www.neatherlandnewstoday.com^$document
||www.neweuropetoday.com^$document
||www.norwaynewstoday.com^$document
||www.oxfordnewstoday.com^$document
||www.portugalnewstoday.com^$document
||www.postgazettenewstoday.com^$document
||www.republicofchinatoday.com^$document
||www.reuterstoday.com^$document
||www.russiannewstoday.com^$document
||www.scotlandnewstoday.com^$document
||www.spanenewstoday.com^$document
||www.switzerlandnewstoday.com^$document
||www.thedailymailnewstoday.com^$document
||www.thedailytelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||www.theexpressnewstoday.com^$document
||www.theheraldnewstoday.com^$document
||www.theindependentnewstoday.com^$document
||www.theirishtimesnewstoday.com^$document
||www.theirishtimestoday.com^$document
||www.themetronewstoday.com^$document
||www.themirrornewstoday.com^$document
||www.thequintnewstoday.com^$document
||www.thestarnewstoday.com^$document
||www.thesunnewstoday.com^$document
||www.thetelegraphnewstoday.com^$document
||www.timesofnetherland.com^$document
||www.timesofspanish.com^$document
||www.topeuropenews.com^$document
||www.topworldnewstoday.com^$document
||www.turkeynewstoday.com^$document
||www.walesnewstoday.com^$document
||www.washingtonposttoday.com^$document
||www.washingtontimesnewstoday.com^$document