For those of you using gmail

[karohemd]

I had completely ignored the ads in the sidebar but susanofstohelit remarked how the ads were targeted according to the content of the current mail.
This is a bit scary, actually...

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not always. Notable lack of ads when I received a couple of messages related to someone's funeral.

But the whole point of the gmail service is the targeted ads. The fact that once in a while someone will follow one is paying for the whole damn thing. For now, anyway, until their shareholders get greedy...

[eddyfate.livejournal.com]

Well yeah. That's the point. It's the exact same software as they use on normal Google searches.

[susanofstohelit.livejournal.com]

my comment was just that I thought that the stuff that had been targeted was rather strange/amusing.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*nods*
However, I hadn't noticed the ads before you mentioned them.

[susanofstohelit.livejournal.com]

that's the great thing about the way they're doing it. on yahoo or hotmail or whatever, the ads are bright colors and blinking or moving. much harder to ignore.