Mozilla of the developer to launch a project to display advertisements on Firefox

ByFrancesco Lodolo

"To display new tiles including famous sites and sponsor sites on Firefox's new tab for new users"Directory TileMozilla announced the plan on February 11th. Although the word advertisement is not directly used, it reports that substantial advertisement distribution will start on overseas media, etc.

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Mozilla's content and service officer Darren Herman mentioned the project called Directory Tile on the blog on February 11th, but this is to deliver pre-prepared content to new users . According to Herman some tiles are Mozilla'secosystemAlthough it is the content from, it is said that it includes contents of famous sites in each user area and partners supporting Mozilla.

Normally, nine tiles are prepared on the new tab, and now the contents except the welcome page are blank, but the contents are displayed in this blank.


Mr. Herman says that sponsored tiles are clearly indicated to that effect and new users can enjoy the content. Furthermore, "Directory Tiles is consistent with Mozilla's vision of the Internet in respect of trust and transparency, it will be valuable to the user, bringing good change to Mozilla and making the project sustainable" I added. As I started talking about the possibility of project with partners now, I would like to adapt this attempt to new users of Firefox as soon as possible.

ByJason Tester Guerrilla Futures

Although it does not use the term of advertisement, it is considered to be a real advertisement,Advertising Age"Mozilla will now deliver ads on Firefox's browser," he says.

In Firefox 22Third party cookie blocking setting enabled by defaultThere was also an announcement to implement measures to prevent advertising networks from tracking user's browser activity, but with Directory Tile it is the opposite movement. MozillaI rely on Google for much of my incomeIt is said that Directory Tile is an attempt to do without Google in the future, but on the net "It is not Mozilla we knowThere is a reaction that says "It's alright.

ByNayu Kim