Some people might question my integrity on this post but let me clarify. I was offered a free hosting ticket (free when I buy a domain name) by Godaddy with no mention of ads being added to my site, I only saw the ads after I installed a wordpress blog in my new free hosting. The ads have not ben removed, they still load and will still count as viewed on their stats, they are just hidden. Anyway if you want to hide your ads on a Godaddy free hosting..here is how you do it.
Add the following line to your CSS file #conash3D0 {height:0px; top:-1px;} - if this does not work just find the id of the iframe that loads the ads. (in my case the id is “conash3D0″)
Finding the ID
- View the page’s source code (right-click / view source code)
- scroll to the bottom of the source code and you should find a script calling the file https://a12.alphagodaddy.com/hosting_ads/gd01.js or something similar.
- copy the .js file address to your address bar and you shoud be able to see the js code
- look for the text iframe id=
- after the = is the name (id) of that frame
Disclaimer: Do it according to your own conscience. Don’t blame me for any trouble you may have with the host.
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35 responses so far ↓
1 xbaez // Jun 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Nice Thanks !
2 lee e // Jul 10, 2008 at 1:07 am
Thank ya lordie!
3 one // Jul 10, 2008 at 11:14 pm
it`s work!
grate!
4 carly // Jul 26, 2008 at 9:38 am
can you do this with a joomla site as well is it accomplished the same way?
5 Alex Costa // Jul 26, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Provided that you have access to edit your CSS, this should work fine with any system.
6 NOR^Gasm // Aug 1, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Beauty! Thx…
7 Christoph // Sep 17, 2008 at 8:24 am
Nice, thx! Those ads gave me headache…
8 Murfreesboro Townhomes For Rent // Oct 16, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Did not work for me, any other ideas??
9 Murfreesboro Townhomes For Rent // Oct 16, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Correction- This worked beautifully for me, I updated the wrong CSS!
TY
10 edgg51 // Oct 19, 2008 at 8:03 am
Worked for me too! Thanx Alex
11 Buy Bub // Dec 3, 2008 at 9:32 am
Absolutely stunning. I can now turn those annoying ads from Godaddy at absolutely no cost!
12 VIJAY // Dec 4, 2008 at 1:32 pm
THIS TIP WORKING PERFECTLY WITH THE FIREFOX BROWSER.
BUT NOT WORKING WITH INTERNET EXPLORER.
PLZ. HELP ME OUT.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
13 Alex Costa // Dec 7, 2008 at 1:14 am
Tested on IE and is working for me. Make sure you refresh your browser cache, it’s probably still loading the old css from the cache.
Let me know.
14 Zeca // Dec 27, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Another way:
#conash3D0 {
display:none;
}
15 bepi // Jan 9, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Sei un mito! Thank you very much.
16 roger // Jan 11, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Say guy’s do you think these ifreames effect the indexing of other pages on the site ?
please any one let us know your thoughts … 
while a bot is crawling the page won’t he see the iframe first and crawl to it rather then crawl the rest of the page ? more over wont this be harmful on large scale sites while trying to index inner pages ?
damn ads….
P.S GREAT POST !!! WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!
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18 happy // Jan 25, 2009 at 4:14 am
And has anyone had godaddy contact them yet?
19 happy also // Jan 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm
well, they (godaddy) are still getting the “ad impressions” as the ads were not removed, just been hidden. The ads load normally but the user does not see them, godaddy won’t even notice! Unless they see this post…
20 gil! // Jan 30, 2009 at 1:58 am
Great! Thanks!
21 Adam // Mar 21, 2009 at 8:12 am
I am worried that I might get in to trouble for making their ads invisible. I was wondering if you know away to make them appear at the end of the page and not the start?
22 ramonez // Mar 27, 2009 at 2:21 am
I found this recipy and applied very well, although for other content types doesn’t work at all.
For example I have a php script for producing images dynamically. Because the call is to a php file instead an image file, the image sent it is corrupted, no matter if the content type generated is “image/jpeg”.
Some suggestion? ty
23 Alex Costa // Mar 27, 2009 at 9:24 am
If your file does not link to the CSS stylesheet of your site, you should try to add the following line to the top of your .php file
#conash3D0 {
display:none;
}
24 Alex Costa // Mar 27, 2009 at 9:27 am
ups … in between the < style > and < / style > tags
25 Raju // Apr 28, 2009 at 5:26 am
Hi,
I am using PhpBB forum in my site. I am using one of their styles. If so, where do i get the CSS file. Is it the Style’s theme stylesheet.css?
I added the above #conash3D0 {height:0px; top:-1px;}
on the top but doesnt seem to work
where am i going wrong?
26 Jack // Apr 30, 2009 at 9:36 pm
HELP! I have flash ads at the top of my screen !
The “Conash” no longer works for me all of a sudden!
looks like go daddy has changed their script name or something! Anybody got an updated crack to remove these HORRIBLE Flash ads i get now insteal of the go daddy banner?
27 Alex Costa // Apr 30, 2009 at 10:00 pm
You can look at the source code of your site and locate the URL for the .js file that godaddy adds at the bottom of each page. Open that .js file on your browser and look for the iframe id, after id= you should see the name of the iframe, just swap conash3d by the new id name in your css.
28 Alex Costa // Apr 30, 2009 at 10:18 pm
UPDATE now use this in your css
#ieoxAdTag {display:none;}
29 JTr // May 11, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Ok,
I am total newbie
I am using associate-o-matic (aom) and it asks me for css sheet (if I want to override their default one).
How do I add this xxx{display:none;} item into the css of a predefined css sheet by AOM
Or do I have to create a whole new css. If so, can I copy theirs and add in the {display:none;} line and them tell AOM to use my CSS.
Am I making any sense..
Thanks. Again, this is all new to me but I am learning.
30 tom // Jun 5, 2009 at 10:09 am
i got caught and godaddy banned my account, but they didnt release the domain and now i cant get it
31 oil // Sep 5, 2009 at 8:44 am
is there a new technique i dont want to end up like TOMMY
32 That Guy // Sep 9, 2009 at 1:38 pm
These work guys, but seriously, GoDaddy hosting is cheap and you can always get good deals on hosting plans, just call and ask for the Deal of the Day, sometimes you can save 20-25% off a hosting plan if you pay for a year in advance.
PS. You can host as many websites as you want, free of ads for as little as $6 mo, all this time could be spent making better sites.
33 That Guy // Sep 9, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Adam, you can change use an iframe or absolute positioning to move the ad banner, but it still violates the TOS.
34 Nick // Sep 18, 2009 at 1:20 am
thanks man good shit
35 MyDoom // Jan 14, 2010 at 11:59 pm
by adding the line to css you just hide the iframe but it still loaded but there is a method to totaly disable the ad . You know to make the ad visible goddady add the script code to the last line of your page so all you need is add this code after .
so the code will be like that : <!– .
in this way we will make all line added after this code as a comment so it will be disabled totally
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