Then why are they on the right? On my screen, it goes from left to right: forums/ articles, then ads, then the menu for clicking on threads, recent posts, etc. So the ads are on the right with the menu. I was suggesting that it would feel less awkward if it went: ads, menu, forums/ articles. As it is, I'm typing and looking way over to the left at these forums. My eyes "naturally" want to drift to the right on webpages, and I keep having to drag them to the left this way in order to read the content.