cjl :
Adblock plus is a wonderful thing.
http://adblockplus.org/en/
i agree with the OP, Tom's has too many ads, compared to when it was still run by Tom Pabst.
of course, that would make an interesting article, in the category of web analytics.
what happens to traffic as a website gets more ads ?
is there an age component to the reactions, where older viewers who are not used to so many ads are more turned off by all the ads ?
there's a lot of computer knowledge here, and this is the website that hosted the 2003 Motherboard Tsunami, THE best motherboard review in the history of computer journalism.