Unless you are signed in, there is an annoying popup for every single thread that you click. I have a popup blocker and it doesn't help. To add to the frustration, Houzz has now added a further ad after the opening post (Search for professionals near you). I find myself on here less and less...and there are a lot of regulars that have left, I don't blame them. There isn't even a feedback forum so members can voice their opinions about this spam being crammed down our throats.

enmarene, I don't mind the sidebar ads, but pop ups and flashing ads are indeed, annoying. In fact, when a site uses that sort of advertisement, two things happen for me - I stop using that site, and I make note of who is advertising, so I don't buy their things. I find it very bothersome, and annoying. I appreciate very much that this is a free site for users, supported by advertising. Which is why we get to use Garden Web. But, there is a way to advertise that is not annoying and offensive to the site's users. I am very glad GW is monitoring their forum users' opinions, and have done away with those pop ups and flashing ads. Well done, GW. Patty S.

You can opt out of the Vibrant in-text ads on Garden Web by clicking on the link below and following the instructions. It used to be that when you opted out, the highlighted words didn't pop up in your posts at all, but I've noticed lately that it doesn't work 100% of the time any more, which makes me crazy. Still it works most of the time. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Vibrant Opt-Out Page

I didn't even know there were popups. I don't use Adblocker or anything like that but maybe Chrome does something about them.