Sorry Fubra... a respectful and candid bit of feedback for you from a new member who is alarmed at your stealthily increasing advertising presence over these last few weeks. Losing space on the side of pages is just about fair do's if you need to line your pockets and justify your investment but the recent trend of posting-space being lost to google ads is taking things too far. Perhaps you are forgeting there are still a geat deal of us who use devices on networks that charge per mb or indeed ISP's at home that give capped useage stick to the sidelines and - get off the pitch.
so in response to the patronising explanation given in the ads:
A bit like the property market - asking buyers to pay over the odds will stop them from even indulging you with a viewing.
Besides all of us know full well how to use google when we need it and the site appeared to manage perfectly well to run before your advertising presence - plus it was faster and left more room for posting.