Any time I do a google search for something and click on the first link that sounds good, and then realize it's an about.com page, for some reason it gets my hackles up. I just am never impressed with what I find on about.com. It seems like all too often it's just some list of links someone compiled or some such thing that's just not all that helpful to me. I'm not sure if it's still this way, but pop-up ads used to start launching that would freeze my machine.

From clipart to recipes... I just hate when my search lands me on about.com!

I agree. I get annoyed when I do my searches and that site pops up!

Me too. I can't figure out why it's always so high on google. I very rarely find anything I want/like on about.com. I always get a little grouchy and feel like I've wasted time even looking.

Exactly! Sometimes I click on one of those links before I realize where it is taking me, and then I can't get my browser to back up fast enough. I get cranky just seeing the about.com thing at the top of the page because I know I'll have wasted my time!

I totally agree. I've never liked About.com. Even during its earliest years, I never liked the format or the content. I always try to avoid it.

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Proud Army Wife and Coast Guard Mom

Hate it. . . .

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Add me to the haters club!

About.com is worthless.

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I get emails from About.com on sewing and I enjoy it.

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I like the about.com that is about contests/sweepstakes. I find it very informative. ~Lisa

Hate it, hate it, hate it. I see that little red ball and immediately turn grumpy!

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Count me in! I just had it happen yesterday and found myself yelling at the computer and cursing myself for not noticing it WAS about.com before I clicked it. Totally useless to me.

I belong to this hater's club, too. Would be nice if there was an -exclude=about.com switch on the search engine command line. LOL

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