Spiegel Online (spiegel.de)
“Spiegel Online (SPON) is one of the most widely read German-language news Websites.” – Source
Ethical design violations
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36 trackers
Exposes you to third-party sites.
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web bug
Invisible tracking pixel.
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aggressive
Attempts to block malware blockers.
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doorslam
Interrupts your flow with modal dialogs.
After Better
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2.9× Safer
264 requests blocked
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40% Lighter
1.58 MB saved
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7.9× Faster
1.83 minutes saved
Before | After | Improvement | |
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Requests: | 405 requests | 141 requests | 2.9× |
Weight: | 3.97 MB | 2.39 MB | 40% |
Speed: | 2.09 minutes | 15.82 seconds | 7.9× |
Statistics by Better Inspector based on the page as on Saturday, November 10th 2018
Block rules
Block Parsely script
- trigger:
- url-filter: d1z2jf7jlzjs58.cloudfront.net/p.js
- load-type: third-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
Remove empty space left by removed clickbait
- trigger:
- url-filter: spiegel.de
- load-type: first-party
- action:
- selector: .spRecommendations, #spRecommendations
- type: css-display-none
Block Netmind pixel tracking script
- trigger:
- url-filter: www.spiegel.de/layout/js/http/netmind-
- load-type: first-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
Block tracking pixel
- trigger:
- url-filter: www.spiegel.de/static/sys/pixel.gif
- load-type: first-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
Block Dianomi adtech
Spiegel.de loads their adtech along with the core functionality of the site, so we have to hide the adtech images.
- trigger:
- url-filter: cdn2.spiegel.de/images/image-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-thumbbiga
- load-type: third-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
- trigger:
- url-filter: www.spiegel.de
- load-type: first-party
- action:
- selector: div#wrapper > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn2"], div[data-sponlytics-area="col-right"] > div:nth-of-type(1) img, div#content-main > div:first-of-type > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn2"], div#content-main.spSmallScreen > div:first-of-type div > img[src*="cdn2"], div#content-main > div:first-of-type > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn1"], div#wrapper > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn1"], div.function-box + div img[src*="cdn1"], .article-section > div > div > img
- type: css-display-none
- trigger:
- url-filter: spiegel.de
- load-type: first-party
- action:
- selector: div#wrapper > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn2"], div[data-sponlytics-area="col-right"] > div:nth-of-type(1) img, div#content-main > div:first-of-type > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn2"], div#content-main.spSmallScreen > div:first-of-type div > img[src*="cdn2"], div#content-main > div:first-of-type > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn1"], div#wrapper > div:first-of-type > img[src*="cdn1"], div.function-box + div img[src*="cdn1"], .article-section > div > div > img
- type: css-display-none
Block pixel trackers
- trigger:
- url-filter: /static/sys/pixel.gif
- load-type: first-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
- trigger:
- url-filter: spiegel.met.vgwort.de/na/
- load-type: first-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
- trigger:
- url-filter: c.spiegel.de/nm_trck.gif
- load-type: third-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
- trigger:
- url-filter: d2tycn7nnoiglw.cloudfront.net/ads/img/x.gif
- load-type: third-party
- if-domain: spiegel.de, www.spiegel.de
- action:
- type: block
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