Ad blocking in Google Chrome

I’ve been using Chrome for days now as my main browser in Windows, and I’m very happy with it. It’s ridiculously fast (around 3x faster according to this test). One thing it lacks, however, is an ad blocker. Luckily, I have been using Privoxy for a while, and it blocks ads regardless of what browser you’re using, as well as do a few other helpful things. This is how you set it up:

1. Download and install Privoxy. Start it and set it to automatically run every time you start your PC.
2. Open your proxy settings. In Vista you can get there by going to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings.
3. Check “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and type “127.0.0.1″ for the address and “8118″ for the port (without the quotes). Check “Bypass proxy server for local addresses.”

Now all your browsing should be going through Privoxy, and it’ll block out unwanted ads.