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?
Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
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Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#2Now 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...
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#3"Don't be evil"
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#4"Don't be evil"
"To your shareholders."
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#5Isn't that exactly why we moved away from other freemail services, back in the days?
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#6This 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...
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#7"Don't be evil"
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
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#8Now 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...
Guess who google's paying customer is?
Hint: its not you. If you want a better email service then pay for it.
Re: Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails
#9This 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.