I ran across this article on Google’s suffering ad popularity. The failing U.S. economy seems to be rubbing off even on online advertisements. The article talks about the huge amounts of money invested in online ads. In general, I am surprised that online ads are as successful as they are. I never click on the online ads on the sides of web pages. I know that it might be convenient to be able to customize ads to the content of web pages, but I am often annoyed by the cluttered look that multiple ads give to pages. I also highly dislike when ads pop up and I have to click away or exit to view the content of the page. I think the fact that the failing economy has such an effect on Google’s ad popularity shows that other people must take advantage of online ads more than I do.