diff --git a/src/content-script.js b/src/content-script.js
index aaffcb3..7f53526 100644
--- a/src/content-script.js
+++ b/src/content-script.js
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ function cleanClone(node) {
     clone.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach((element) => element.remove());
   });
 
+  removeEditorialRecommendationSections(clone);
   removePromotionalBlocks(clone);
 
   clone.querySelectorAll("a[href]").forEach((link) => {
@@ -430,6 +431,7 @@ function sanitizeSectionClone(wrapper) {
     }
   });
 
+  removeEditorialRecommendationSections(wrapper);
   removePromotionalBlocks(wrapper);
 
   wrapper.querySelectorAll("a[href]").forEach((link) => {
@@ -441,6 +443,59 @@ function sanitizeSectionClone(wrapper) {
   wrapper.querySelectorAll('.comments, #comments, [class*="comment-thread"], [class*="comment-list"]').forEach((element) => element.remove());
 }
 
+function removeEditorialRecommendationSections(root) {
+  if (!root || typeof root.querySelectorAll !== 'function') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const editorialHeadingPatterns = [
+    /^empfehlungen der redaktion$/i,
+    /^das könnte (dich|euch|sie) (auch )?interessieren$/i,
+    /^mehr zum thema$/i,
+    /^ähnliche (artikel|beiträge|news)$/i,
+    /^verwandte (artikel|beiträge)$/i,
+    /^sponsored( post| content)?$/i,
+    /^weitere (artikel|news|beiträge) (zum thema|dazu)$/i,
+    /^lesen sie auch$/i,
+  ];
+
+  const cssRecommendationSelectors = [
+    '[class*="recommendation"]',
+    '[class*="related-article"]',
+    '[class*="more-articles"]',
+    '[class*="further-reading"]',
+    '[data-component*="recommendation"]',
+    '[data-module*="recommendation"]',
+  ];
+
+  cssRecommendationSelectors.forEach((selector) => {
+    root.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach((el) => el.remove());
+  });
+
+  const headings = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll('h2, h3, h4'));
+
+  for (const heading of headings) {
+    const text = (heading.textContent || '').trim();
+    const isEditorial = editorialHeadingPatterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(text));
+
+    if (!isEditorial) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let container = heading.parentElement;
+    while (container && container !== root) {
+      if (container.children.length >= 2) {
+        break;
+      }
+      container = container.parentElement;
+    }
+
+    if (container && container !== root) {
+      container.remove();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function removePromotionalBlocks(root) {
   if (!root || typeof root.querySelectorAll !== "function") {
     return;
@@ -449,13 +504,24 @@ function removePromotionalBlocks(root) {
   const candidates = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll("div, section, aside, p, blockquote, ul"));
   candidates.forEach((element) => {
     const text = normalizeInlineWhitespace(element.textContent || "").trim().toLowerCase();
-    const paragraphCount = element.querySelectorAll("p").length;
-    const listCount = element.querySelectorAll("ul, ol").length;
 
-    if (!text || text.length < 18) {
+    if (!text) {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Check short promotional labels (e.g. "Anzeige") before the length guard
+    if (text.length <= 18 && isPromotionalTextBlock(text)) {
+      element.remove();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (text.length < 18) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const paragraphCount = element.querySelectorAll("p").length;
+    const listCount = element.querySelectorAll("ul, ol").length;
+
     if (text.length > 600 || paragraphCount > 2 || listCount > 1) {
       return;
     }
@@ -471,6 +537,10 @@ function isPromotionalTextBlock(text) {
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (/^anzeige[.:!]?$/.test(text)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   if (/kein bock auf werbung\?/.test(text)) {
     return true;
   }