ebay.com: ads

[sha-265]

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URL address of the web page

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html

Category

ads

Description

Some sponsored listings are appears in search results in eBay

Other extensions used

CanvasBlocker

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

Configuration

Details

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popupPanel:
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 extended:
  ##div[title="ADVERTISEMENT"]

[stephenhawk8054]

They are using content inside ::before so I don't think this can be solved.

[sha-265]

They are using content inside ::before so I don't think this can be solved.

@stephenhawk8054 can't we use has() element <span data-w="Sponsored">, or something like that?

[stephenhawk8054]

Every item has <span data-w="Sponsored">, it's just some show the text, and some hide the text

span[data-w]:matches-css-before(content: /attr/)

[stephenhawk8054]

Oh, didn't know there's :matches-css-before, but looks like I'm mistaken, it might not be related to content

[sha-265]

so is it solvable or not?

[stephenhawk8054]

Others may find some ways, but currently I don't know how to address it.

It uses 2 transform: rotate steps to rotate the "sponsored" text. The sponsored items will be rotated back to normal position and we can see the "sponsored" text, others will be rotated out of view and we cannot see that text.

[u-RraaLL]

From what I can tell, the rotation and attribute values are generated randomly, server-side on each page load (blocking all scripts, changes nothing).

The attribute value is mentioned in another element though, so we'd need a procedural that can check the value of the ID in one element against the value of another attribute in listing items.

check the value of the ID in one element against the value of another attribute in listing items.

Should be possible with XPath.

[u-RraaLL]

I was wondering about that. But it's not within my skillset to attempt this.

##[aria-hidden="true"]>span.clipped[id]:not(:has(+[aria-labelledby]))
##.s-item [aria-labelledby]

[Yuki2718]

Are we talking about Sponsored in the screenshot? I don't see sponsored at all, maybe geolocation. When I visit https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html I'm redirected to https://www.ebay.com/n/all-categories which looks very different.

[mapx-]

see for example
https://www.ebay.com/b/32-Degrees/bn_7064048796

[Yuki2718]

@u-RraaLL

The attribute value is mentioned in another element though, so we'd need a procedural that can check the value of the ID in one element against the value of another attribute in listing items.

What exactly?

[Yuki2718]

It seems Sponsored items have longer links like FB. Or just ##.s-item__wrapper:has(a[href*="&amdata="])?

[u-RraaLL]

What exactly?

I've mentioned them above. The value of id in body>[aria-hidden="true"]>span.clipped[id]:not(:has(+[aria-labelledby])) is the same as sponsored's .s-item [aria-labelledby].

It seems Sponsored items have longer links like FB. Or just ##.s-item__wrapper:has(a[href*="&amdata="])?

Oh, it is? Guess we can check that.

That selector doesn't work for me though - it only finds one thing which is not part of the results?

https://imgur.com/RcLh4bB.png and https://imgur.com/TAZs58j.png