Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails

Posted by marinos on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @03:21AM
from the self-post dept.

I checked my inbox this morning and I noticed this under the Promotions tab. Native ads in the form of emails in Gmail.

1) http://i.imgur.com/1HrzZhs.png

2) http://i.imgur.com/klmxqwp.png

Good or bad? What do you think?

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by dangrossman on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @04:26AM (#6760097)

This ad format was there from the start of the promotions tab; it's not new. Here's an article about them from June:

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/06/ads-in-gmails-promo...

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by MildlySerious on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @04:17AM (#6760060)

Isn't that exactly why we moved away from other freemail services, back in the days?

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by Gustomaximus on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @08:36AM (#6761024)

This is part of the ongoing downfall of Google. They held it together for so long but we seem to have reached the tipping point where monetisation is replacing user experience.

My verdict: This is bad and too intrusive.

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by Gaurav322 on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @03:54AM (#6759968)

Now Google Adwords starts one more way of PPC marketing. It is great for advertisers and bad for users.

Now, Google works for profit only, not for user convenience...

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by chrisBob on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @07:55AM (#6760801)

Guess who google's paying customer is?

Hint: its not you. If you want a better email service then pay for it.

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by filipedeschamps on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @03:56AM (#6759981)

"Don't be evil"

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by jjdro on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @05:50AM (#6760344)

It's not evil if it's ads that are relevant to you right? Might as well go whole hog and pull an Amazon putting ads your lock screen too

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Re:Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails by MrMeker on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @04:04AM (#6760015)

"To your shareholders."

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