No offense intended, but I ABSOLUTELY HATE clicking on a link and being subjected to an ad!!!
Artie505, I agree with you, but I suspect the alternative would be a pay-per-click model. I am seeing more and more sites that require a login/membership to access and have a limited number of "free" accesses per month, and still have advertising. The New York Times now charges around $20 a month for unlimited access. Someone has to pay the bills.