iQ Tag Management

Overview

Need to understand how many of your customers are using an ad blocker? This code can help.

Pre-Requisites

For this example you will need to use the Google Universal Analytics Tag.
You are comfortable with the idea of events in Google Universal Analytics

Caveats

The example below uses Google Analytics, however, the solution can be adapted to work with other analytics vendors.

Configuration

Login to Tealium iQ.
Click on the Extensions tab then the +Add Extension button.
Select the Advanced tab then +Add button for the Javascript Code Extension.
Add a descriptive title then scope the JavaScript Code Extension to DOM Ready.

Copy and paste the below code into the Configuration text field then click save.

(function(window) {
    var BlockAdBlock = function(options) {
        this._options = {
            checkOnLoad: false,
            resetOnEnd: false,
            loopCheckTime: 50,
            loopMaxNumber: 5,
            baitClass: 'pub_300x250 pub_300x250m pub_728x90 text-ad textAd text_ad text_ads text-ads text-ad-links',
            baitStyle: 'width: 1px !important; height: 1px !important; position: absolute !important; left: -10000px !important; top: -1000px !important;',
            debug: false
        };
        this._var = {
            version: '3.2.0',
            bait: null,
            checking: false,
            loop: null,
            loopNumber: 0,
            event: {
                detected: [],
                notDetected: []
            }
        };
        if (options !== undefined) {
            this.setOption(options);
        }
        var self = this;
        var eventCallback = function() {
            setTimeout(function() {
                if (self._options.checkOnLoad === true) {
                    if (self._options.debug === true) {
                        self._log('onload->eventCallback', 'A check loading is launched');
                    }
                    if (self._var.bait === null) {
                        self._creatBait();
                    }
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        self.check();
                    }, 1);
                }
            }, 1);
        };
        if (window.addEventListener !== undefined) {
            window.addEventListener('load', eventCallback, false);
        } else {
            window.attachEvent('onload', eventCallback);
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._options = null;
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._var = null;
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._bait = null;
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._log = function(method, message) {
        console.log('[BlockAdBlock][' + method + '] ' + message);
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.setOption = function(options, value) {
        if (value !== undefined) {
            var key = options;
            options = {};
            options[key] = value;
        }
        for (var option in options) {
            this._options[option] = options[option];
            if (this._options.debug === true) {
                this._log('setOption', 'The option "' + option + '" he was assigned to "' + options[option] + '"');
            }
        }
        return this;
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._creatBait = function() {
        var bait = document.createElement('div');
        bait.setAttribute('class', this._options.baitClass);
        bait.setAttribute('style', this._options.baitStyle);
        this._var.bait = window.document.body.appendChild(bait);
        this._var.bait.offsetParent;
        this._var.bait.offsetHeight;
        this._var.bait.offsetLeft;
        this._var.bait.offsetTop;
        this._var.bait.offsetWidth;
        this._var.bait.clientHeight;
        this._var.bait.clientWidth;
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('_creatBait', 'Bait has been created');
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._destroyBait = function() {
        window.document.body.removeChild(this._var.bait);
        this._var.bait = null;
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('_destroyBait', 'Bait has been removed');
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.check = function(loop) {
        if (loop === undefined) {
            loop = true;
        }
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('check', 'An audit was requested ' + (loop === true ? 'with a' : 'without') + ' loop');
        }
        if (this._var.checking === true) {
            if (this._options.debug === true) {
                this._log('check', 'A check was canceled because there is already an ongoing');
            }
            return false;
        }
        this._var.checking = true;
        if (this._var.bait === null) {
            this._creatBait();
        }
        var self = this;
        this._var.loopNumber = 0;
        if (loop === true) {
            this._var.loop = setInterval(function() {
                self._checkBait(loop);
            }, this._options.loopCheckTime);
        }
        setTimeout(function() {
            self._checkBait(loop);
        }, 1);
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('check', 'A check is in progress ...');
        }
        return true;
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._checkBait = function(loop) {
        var detected = false;
        if (this._var.bait === null) {
            this._creatBait();
        }
        if (window.document.body.getAttribute('abp') !== null || this._var.bait.offsetParent === null || this._var.bait.offsetHeight == 0 || this._var.bait.offsetLeft == 0 || this._var.bait.offsetTop == 0 || this._var.bait.offsetWidth == 0 || this._var.bait.clientHeight == 0 || this._var.bait.clientWidth == 0) {
            detected = true;
        }
        if (window.getComputedStyle !== undefined) {
            var baitTemp = window.getComputedStyle(this._var.bait, null);
            if (baitTemp.getPropertyValue('display') == 'none' || baitTemp.getPropertyValue('visibility') == 'hidden') {
                detected = true;
            }
        }
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('_checkBait', 'A check (' + (this._var.loopNumber + 1) + '/' + this._options.loopMaxNumber + ' ~' + (1 + this._var.loopNumber * this._options.loopCheckTime) + 'ms) was conducted and detection is ' + (detected === true ? 'positive' : 'negative'));
        }
        if (loop === true) {
            this._var.loopNumber++;
            if (this._var.loopNumber >= this._options.loopMaxNumber) {
                this._stopLoop();
            }
        }
        if (detected === true) {
            this._stopLoop();
            this._destroyBait();
            this.emitEvent(true);
            if (loop === true) {
                this._var.checking = false;
            }
        } else if (this._var.loop === null || loop === false) {
            this._destroyBait();
            this.emitEvent(false);
            if (loop === true) {
                this._var.checking = false;
            }
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype._stopLoop = function(detected) {
        clearInterval(this._var.loop);
        this._var.loop = null;
        this._var.loopNumber = 0;
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('_stopLoop', 'A loop has been stopped');
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.emitEvent = function(detected) {
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('emitEvent', 'An event with a ' + (detected === true ? 'positive' : 'negative') + ' detection was called');
        }
        var fns = this._var.event[(detected === true ? 'detected' : 'notDetected')];
        for (var i in fns) {
            if (this._options.debug === true) {
                this._log('emitEvent', 'Call function ' + (parseInt(i) + 1) + '/' + fns.length);
            }
            if (fns.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
                fns[i]();
            }
        }
        if (this._options.resetOnEnd === true) {
            this.clearEvent();
        }
        return this;
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.clearEvent = function() {
        this._var.event.detected = [];
        this._var.event.notDetected = [];
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('clearEvent', 'The event list has been cleared');
        }
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.on = function(detected, fn) {
        this._var.event[(detected === true ? 'detected' : 'notDetected')].push(fn);
        if (this._options.debug === true) {
            this._log('on', 'A type of event "' + (detected === true ? 'detected' : 'notDetected') + '" was added');
        }
        return this;
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.onDetected = function(fn) {
        return this.on(true, fn);
    };
    BlockAdBlock.prototype.onNotDetected = function(fn) {
        return this.on(false, fn);
    };
    window.BlockAdBlock = BlockAdBlock;
    if (typeof(utag.ut.blockAdBlock) === 'undefined') {
        utag.ut.blockAdBlock = new BlockAdBlock({
            checkOnLoad: true,
            resetOnEnd: true
        });
        utag.ut.blockAdBlock.onDetected(function() {
            window.utag.link({
                "event_name":"ads_blocked",
                "adblock":"enabled"
            });
        });
        setTimeout(function(){
	  utag.ut.blockAdBlock.check();
	}, 800);
    }
})(window);

Select the Data Layer tab and create a new UDO Variable data source by clicking on the +Add Data Source button.
Add a UDO Variable named adblock then click Apply.
If necessary, also add gua_event_category, gua_event_action and gua_event_label as Data Sources
Add another extension to set these three Data Sources
Map the Data Sources to the Tag

iQ Tag Management

Tracking Ad Blocker Numbers in Google Universal Analytics

Overview

Pre-Requisites

Caveats

Configuration

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