Ernest Burden III Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Search Engine Google to Offer Free E-Mail The Associated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. April 1 — Google Inc. is introducing a free e-mail service... But there's a catch to the e-mail. Hoping to turn a profit from the service dubbed Gmail privately held Google has programmed its computers to dissect the topics being discussed in the e-mails and then deliver text-based ads related to the subjects. For instance, an e-mail from one friend to another discussing an upcoming concert might prompt Google to include an advertising link from a ticketing agency. "I don't think (the ads) will be annoying at all," Google co-founder Larry Page said... Of course not, what could be 'annoying' about having your emails read for tips on how to better SPAM you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 interesting. i read that they were going to offer this yesterday, but there was no mention of the reading and spam part. kind of disappointing given googles track record with keeping advertising to a bare min. the service had such promise though. they are giving a gig of space for emails. yahoo gives like 6 megs, and hotmail even less than that. ...but i guess that is so you won't delete them until they have had a chance to thoroughly sort through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Very interesting indeed, but I'm going to cast my vote in the VERY annoying category. It's bad enough I get on average 200-300 spam emails a day. Having valid messages poluted with SPAM....ummmm....no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauber Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Hi guys, check the date of the announcement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 Hi guys, check the date of the announcement! Thanks! You are saying I'm an April Fool? Wouldn't be the first time. That could be a pretty expensive joke for a company that is about to go public. Do they want the new email service to succeed? Scaring the fools like me that make up their customer base is not a good way to launch a service. And would the Associated Press and CNN (where I got the quote) be so asleep at the wheel as to be blindly passing on a joke as news? Wouldn't be the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Nelson Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Ooooh, good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't think it was an April Fools Joke: http://www.gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauber Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 ...seems I was the one who was fooled! Still can't believe it, if they are actually doing that! What has the world become? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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