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Thanks for the info noirblood,

Using ysearch certainly does de-clutter the searches, but eventually you'll have to sign in to get your email and be bombarded. I chose to use (iGoogle) www.google.com/ig - no ads on the homepage or email page. Loads up way faster and it's completely customizable. Give it a try!

Good luck!

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@ Cetin Hakimoglu who stated:

"People are sick of banner ads, but they love to click on text ads for some reason."

Perhaps clicking those text ads are accidental...

I know I've accidentally clicked on a few of those text ads as I tried desperately to get a bowl of salad fixin's to stop swirling around my Yahoo homepage. Finally, those irritating vegetables spun their way back to their ad box on their own.

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I guess it just goes to show you that people are finally fed up with being bombarded by ads and commercials 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year!

I know I'm sick of being forced into watching advertisements/commerc... before I'm connected to what it was I clicked in the first place!

In my experience with Yahoo, I've found that if their ads don't load first - neither will your email or your homepage (AdBlock Plus for Firefox works great to eliminate these bothersome ads).

And yes, I'm one that dropped Yahoo like a hot potato in favor of a quieter, less cluttered home page.

Skype and Telecom Carrier Denial

@ SoberUp

I'm sorry you feel that it is better to censor opinions SoberUp and resort to name calling. Perhaps you should blog about that wonderful vocabulary of yours. Your statement in itself shows your lack of integrity.

When people resort to name calling, they lose the respect of anyone who reads those words. I remember that type of childish behavior dwindling around the 4th or 5th grade, when children realized that name calling actually made the name-caller themselves look like an immature toddler that no one ever really listens to.

I doubt that you will last long here or anywhere else for that matter with an attitude like that. Unfortunately, I fear your posts will no longer carry any merit what so ever.

Skype and Telecom Carrier Denial

How true Et tu Brute! They'll whine their way into a long drawn out court battle over this too I'll bet. Skype filing a claim against "Joltid" comes to mind.

I see this becoming a real set-back for the struggling Skype and eBay as a whole. With Revolution Money quickly climbing the peer to peer money transfers ladder - duking it out with PayPal - and eBay's continued decline in the marketplace, and now Skype having to contend with some major competitors, perhaps a nice plot over-looking the ocean might be considered.

jmo

Skype and Telecom Carrier Denial

"At some point, there will be a real Skype for Android phones. So then what will Google do? Block it?"

Maybe eBay shouldn't have blocked the use of Google Check-out from their marketplace. LMAO!!

U.K. E-Commerce Report: Thoughts from Catalyst U.K.

I'm really glad to hear that Amazon still hasn't turned up the heat on eBay yet. According to your consumer panel, everyone still thinks of Amazon as books, music and videos. With so much dissatisfaction from both buyers and sellers alike concerning eBay these days, once Amazon finally turns on the burners, eBay may be looking more and more like a crispy burned out cinder.

We all know who the champ is and we all know who it was that tried to take them on and failed miserably. It's nice to hear that Amazon hasn't even begun to eat their competition's lunch yet!

Why 'GooBay' Makes Sense

If Google hops in bed with eBay, they can expect to catch the same STD (Severely Tanking Deal). Look at Yahoo/eBay, and they've only been cuddling!

Amex, eBay, IBM Most Trusted for Privacy in 2008

eBay #2 on Privacy??? Are you kidding??? I wonder what the definition of "PRIVACY" is these days??


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