You can set a cookie at the snap site to turn them off for as long as the cookie is live, and yes, pretty much, they add very little value to content. It's very unusual that I agree completely with Lorelle, but on this one even her analysis of the problem is spot on (normally she's a little mis informed at best, and completely off base at worse).

Stoopid web designers. OTOH, my new idea got allowed through at suggestions, this is good.