ok - one "competitor" bit the dust and converted to a blog. As I was noticing this I cannot help but ask myself. If I wanted to sell ads would I start a forum today or a blog? A Blog seems so 21st century and a forum seems like 20th still however 21st century may turn out to be a shitter....
What's the deal with all this Blog nonsense? Look at The Street.com - just got "Blogged"... http://www.thestreet.com/p/index.html
The street.com has always been doing blogs anyway (specific writers publishing their insights on a daily basis). They are officially calling them blogs now because it's in fashion to do so. They're killing me with all those popup ads though. And I thought popups were a thing of the past. If I ever start showing you guys a bunch of popup ads, just shoot me. You have my permission!
Baron, get and use Mozilla (with NoScript add-on). Not only is it the safest way to surf. It is the cleanest - no ads, no flash, no popups, no blinking banners, etc...