someone please make notice of this, it is very important i think.

You are right. +1 from me. It would be nice if free users can put those ads somewhere else (e.g. the header, the topbar, footer…). I don't think this wish will be accepted but i support you.

thanks for your support . i know they need to money to keep wikidot up , but all i want is thinner ads (like those of google adsense) i support wikidot , that they keep this site up and running very well.

Well, those are google adsense ads you are seeing. Google ads come in assorted sizes. I'm not sure why you would want to replace that with a "long" rectangle ad as to me, that is just as intrusive as the square ad you are seeing now. Maybe you mean a small rectangle…

Here is the thing. If you support wikidot's need to make money from free sites than they need to be able to place ads and use ads in a way that the ads will actually get clicked. This is just my opinion, but what I would ask for is the option to place those ads, for instance, floated left or floated right. That would be a simple change. This would make the ads flow more with the page rather than just being a big old ad up in the middle before any content but it would also get some clicks for wikidot. And those areas, depending on which side your sidebar is on, are pretty much just as optimal as the centered ads. And maybe this would not look as unprofessional or ugly to you because there would be an attempt to integrate the ad layout with the page rather than to interrupt the page.

I looked at your site while signed out, though, and I did not find the ads to be all that bad. I've had companies approach me about placing their video ads on my site..now THOSE are annoying!

If people were allow to place ads in the footer (I don't know why anyone would choose to place them in the header) then wikidot may as well not even bother using the ads because they will go largely unnoticed.

I don't know if wikidot has said anything about this in the past but maybe they would give permission to make a CSS change like this:

div.wd-adunit {
float:left;
padding: 2em;
}

yes i mean the small rectangle ads