My issue is not the fact we have ads.
It's the fact that those ads are particulary slow to load compared to most others web sites...

I would think they bring in the least amount, outside of maybe text based google ads.  Do you think the free iphone site is paying more than a large gaming company advertising on IGN?  Obviously vgchartz doesn't have enough traffic to solicit such ads.

Why overly annoy half the users on this site with a big, flashy, audio ad if they don't bring in much revenue. ioi could just fit in another banner ad somewhere if it brought in significantly more money.

I'm sure he gets slightly more with these flash or audio ads from whatever company is supplying them.  And it does seem like the quality has improved somewhat with stuff like AT&T and Chevy ads (not that I like them being flash, but they look less trashy), but there is no way that an audio iphone ad would bring in more than something more legitimate.  Granted those will be much harder to get.

All ads are trash but it's s a given that it's always better to get private deals with other companies. The amazon deal is a step in the good direction as it is relevant and not annoying.

So you problem is that the ads are junk and aren't from big companies.. Seriously, why do you even bother to look at the ads? Just ignore them!

yeah it kinda annoys me too