The ads come from doubleclick.net. If you aren't blocking them, you're crazy. Google "block doubleclick" if you don't know how to do it. I've blocked doubleclick.net 33,710 times! They are the worst and now they are part of google so I'm going to have to reconsider using google. There are plenty of other ad servers that you'll want to block, but start with doubleclick.

I cannot resist saying the phrase "building negative brand equity" is one of the most meaningless, corporate doubletalk, quasi-special-ed type phrases I've heard to date. It enforces my opinion that no real scholarship is done in 'business schools'. And whatever purported scholar authored said study is more likely to toss his own feces than to say something meaningful. How does one build negative equity? That doesn't even make sense. But I digress...... If you mean it makes you not want to buy the crap I agree. I will never buy honey oat cheerios. They can shove them into their greedy capitalist orifices. But saying things like "building negative equity", that's coined by people who want to sound like they know something....but who were actually strangled by their mother's placenta. As for the ads, I think my firewall / virus software disables them......

Thanks, 'sweet betsy', Lilo, and robb; I went to the AdBlock Plus website and downloaded it. I think I did it correctly, I guess the proof will be if I don't see those pesky little ads! Thanks, again.

Yep - 'Search for a Professional Near You' is right below the original post. And it jerks across the page. It's not as large as that other mess they had posted, but the movement is very distracting. And annoying! BTW I do have ad blocker enabled and this still shows up. I think this is their way of getting around ad blocker. It would be better if they had topics posted that are germane to the garden forum, and particularly to each section. Topics like - How to post your growing zone Potting mix basics Succulents 101 Of course, since previous FAQs got changed, maybe that won't work either.