[Opcom]

Google AJAX APIs is a JavaScript library to integrate rich, multimedia, search, or feed-based Internet content into web applications/pages.

This means it can eat tremendous resources. To block hogging and unnecessary scripts and ads, a three-pronged approach that works here is "MVPS hosts" which re-routs all requests by/for ad servers to a local port where there is nothing, "noscript" which blocks all javascript unless expressly allowed by the computer operator on a site by site basis, and ghostery which blocks the ads and trackers you do not wish to allow. I guess I miss out on soe content or funtions but it's a good trade in my book. I have not seen an ad or pop-window all day. all week maybe.