That's a very good point. I know most of us will block ads in one way or another, but it would have really behooved this designer to also put a lot of cycles in

That's a very good point. I know most of us will block ads in one way or another, but it would have really behooved this designer to also put a lot of cycles into rethinking how ads are integrated and displayed. I'm not even really talking about ways and methods for preventing blocking of them, or designing the site so it looks horrible with blocked ads; but rather how to integrate revenue generation, i.e., ads, in a way that is pleasing or even maybe enhancing and value adding. I personally find that there is no middle ground at all when it comes to ads. It's either you are deluged with irrelevant ads that are just jammed onto pages and make them ugly as shit, or the content is written with an obvious intent to sell something or even to augment the ads for products and services.