I used to love the AllRecipes site and have been a member for at least 18 years. Prior to March 2017 there were no advertisements when one did a search for a recipe. Today on my search page I found SEVEN ads with no ability to close them. Every search is between 3-7 ads. Additionally, there is no point in doing the ingredient search because the search gives you what AllRecipes wants you to see and those recipes are laden with name brand products!. After one phone call and talking to a brick wall who clearly did not like her job I decide to warn others.
I predict that Meredith is on the money train and the next step will be offering paid memberships that will bring us back to what the site was prior to the changes. Ie no ads and correct search credentials.
Meredith - if you troll sites for ratings FIX THE ISSUES...