NSFW pop ups. C'mon Audiogon, get it together.

One thing you can do to control the ads served up while you're browsing is to use an application like "Cookie" to identify and remove the cookies that sites leave whenever you visit. Cookies can be valuable when they're installed by sites that you use often and trust and you can mark those to prevent their removal. Cookie is Mac OS only but I'd guess there are similar apps for Windows. The first time you run it you'll be astonished by how many thousand tracking cookies are running on your computer. 

@erik_squires 

You crack me up!

Personally I appreciate the porn like ads, how else would I learn what MILF stands for?

I use Opera and it blocks everything you ask it to. No spam for me. I will admit Edge can be faster, but I get so much less spam and advertisements. My son set me up with it - as a gamer he only wants the game and no distractions. I like it so far.

I use NeverAds and also under Safari I block pop ups. 

@mschott , any adblocker recommendations?

TIA

Who doesn’t use an ad blocker in 2025?

@tony1954 Why bother with dinner ...?

The sidebar ads can run from "WTF ’is’ That, and WyTH should I want it?" through Medium Interest Life Forms (besides a nice distraction in it’s way)....

I’m allowed to look as long as I don’t drool or get grabby.....

Agreed. The ads are super inappropriate. 

If the Brave app is used the ads dont show up. Funny thing is sometimes the Audiogon pages wont load on Brave and will crash the Brave app. Only happens to me when on Audiogon. Not a great sign….

Personally I appreciate the porn like ads, how else would I learn what MILF stands for?

I don't know. Sometimes the ads can be very helpful when making a purchase.

I am giving these out to guests at a dinner party tomorrow night.

I get a lot of gross ads from Temu, from whom I've never purchased or sought out a product for purchase. It's the kind of stuff I would be embarassed to have someone see if they looked over my shoulder while I was visiting a (checks notes) audio enthusiast website.

You are correct, I mean ads in the margins, not a pop-up.  Good catch.

all my ads are for tubes, athletic gear (running mostly but also lifting and diet) and other things I’ve googled lately.  I think you mean ads in the margins, not popups which are a new window and more concerning.

I hate it when I have to google something that I don’t know what it is--often something that I would never want. and then I get popups for that thing for a couple of weeks.

Jerry