I find my self just closing windows with pop-ups and shutting down videos with ads preceding them, no matter how interested in the material I may be. Advertising is one thing, but it has gotten to the point to where the actual content is being blocked by the advertisement. I've clicked through to some news sites where, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to move the big grey box out of the way of what I'm trying to read. Sometimes I'll have three or more tabs open and an advert will start BLARING AT MAX VOLUME on one of them, and I can't even tell which one is making all the racket.

Full Ack.

I also dislike that stuff which used to be in a simple written tutorial somewhere on the web now comes as video tutorial. With an Ad Clip in front.

It wouldn't hurt if people reconsidered a "simpler" web again. This page here is a great example that you don't need fancy flashing overlay advertisement and constant enbedded flash video.

This is how a lot of web content can be provided for free.

Yeah I hate it too, but that's why in a nutshell. Marketing and advertising is what makes to web go round.

I´m with you.
I find it extremely annoying.

Download this:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/

Then install this addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/?src=hp-dl-mostpopular

Problem solved

I use ABP plugin for FF and never see ads; even for online videos

And that is why i dont Internet Explorer and why Firefox is gods biggest gift to mankind.

Gawd especially om pron sites! I mean man..you ever seen the amount of stuff pumpin up and down in your peripheral !! how annoying is that !? thats why i got ad block plus ! ..umm i mean.. yeh.. those ads ...nothing like trying to guage where i should place my next investment at the exchange ..and those pesky ads pop up..yeh

Yes it's very annoying to watch a 15 second ad for a 10 second video!

Yes adblock plus works very well for these, especially on youtube.

This is the point where I come in with the compulsory short speech that says, use Ad Block, but be selective where you use it. Some sites, like this one, won't be around if enough people block enough ads. We are trying like hell to get 100% away from Flash based stuff and we're taking a big hit blocking so many different ad servers because I don't like going to sites with pop-up ads, overlay ads, and all the other obstructive ways to get attention, so I don't expect you to either. If anyone gets a popup from here, let me know the address (www.whatever-it-is.com) and I'll block them.