[Ducati] another PSA about gmail (Duc content @ end)

[Don Ross]

I have 3 Gmail accounts.
The ads they place on my email pages are related to info in my emails.
Google does snoop/spy.
No pop-ups.

DR


----- Original Message -----
From: Scottie Ducati
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:44 AM
To: Ducati Owners Group
Subject: Re: [Ducati] another PSA about gmail (Duc content @ end)

To my knowledge... you'll never see ads with Gmail.  I've never had any
popups, or what have you and it's spam filter is simply stellar.

So anything regarding that article... is new to me.

Although I would *not* discount google from tracking information, as they
(like Apple) want to know everything about everyone who uses or is
interested in their service / products...

ScottieD.


On 10/31/06, Joe M Ribaudo <jribaudo at csc.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> I read an article today in the Wall Street Journal about how gMail sifts
> through it's members emails for key words and then plants advertisements
> on
> your screen (of what they think would be) items related to the topics in
> your email.  [I don't have gMail, so I don't know if this is true or what
> it looks like]
> The article went on to say that folks have (complained?) that some of the
> "pairings" of Ads to their personal messages have been a little weird at
> times.  I can't recall many specific examples (one was something like an
> email about a "party" yielded an add for ExoticDancer or
> something....Which
> BTW sounds just dandy to me:-).
> Needless to say...Please let us know if you receive any adds for Bible
> sales...or perhaps a much needed Warlock costume for Halloween :-)))
> Regards,
> Joe Ribaudo