04-02-2004, 02:58 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 4
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The drawback is that you'll be targeted with ad (read spam) mail through Google as part of the deal. 8O You're agreeing to be spammed by signing up! Pretty smart marketing ploy if you ask me, but not something that I will be signing up for! :|
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04-02-2004, 04:10 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 556
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Originally Posted by ARNAGE2
how will google be able to afford 100's of terrabytes of server space for free? I hope it isnt a hoax. (i pay $3.99 per month for 100mb)
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Arnage~
Where in the world do you get 100 mb for $3.99 per month?!
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04-02-2004, 04:25 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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Originally Posted by TJNoff
The drawback is that you'll be targeted with ad (read spam) mail through Google as part of the deal. 8O You're agreeing to be spammed by signing up! Pretty smart marketing ploy if you ask me, but not something that I will be signing up for! :|
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If its anything like yahoogroups and their method of "spam" its not as intrusive as you'd think. They have one ad on the bottom of the e-mail. Not a big deal and considering its 1GB of storage for free I'm game.  LOL people are so sensitive about spam. Everyone hates it but if done right the annoyance can be minimal. Its not like Google is going to be throwing 1,000 Viagra ads in your inbox. This is going to be a selective service people. Imagine banner ads that advertise Pocket PC thoughts? Or the new iPod case of the week? Frankly, and this isn't targeting any one person on the thread, I'm getting a little sick of people expecting something for nothing. Storage and service all cost money. E-mail requires both. Google needs to recover that cost from somewhere and as long as its not 100 flashing ads on the front of google.com I'm cool with it. The key is being as low key about the ads as possible. Enough to get your attention but not enough for the customer to get irked by the ads. The problem is you rarely see such combinations. Usually its some dang flashing ad or ZDNET's annoying as HELL fold up ad! :twisted:
That thing made me give up zdnet.com's website altogether. Its all about balance. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if Google got psychologists involved on the development.
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04-02-2004, 04:56 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 276
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As others have surmised the 'cost' of this service is that an automated scanner will read your e-mail and collect key words and create a portfolio of what pepole send you. Get a lot of email about games and computers. Your ads will reflect that. Get a lot of email about impotencie and maybe you will see those viagra ads.
Targeted Ads has been the dream of companies for a long time. You can see it in sci-fi movies (Minority Report recently is a good take) early business proposals for the ad placements on websites (look up you won't see a viagra ad but I am looking at a software package running right now), even TV commercials that are placed depending on show your watching (kids show has toy commercials etc)and now it is becoming a reality but this time getting closer to the mark (thats you and your preferences).
Good idea, hard sell to people who want things free, but the enevitable end unless you want to pay even more for 'clean' services.
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04-02-2004, 05:07 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 241
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bah
I'll stick with my own server. i can use pop3 or imap, and change it at will, make random addresses up when i need to sign up for something on the net and receive it with postmaster@domain and then block any resulting spam by turning off the address. I have 400gb of space for email, and there is no limit on attachment size.
Works for me! :mrgreen:
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04-02-2004, 05:38 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 10
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Originally Posted by Blammage
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Originally Posted by ARNAGE2
how will google be able to afford 100's of terrabytes of server space for free? I hope it isnt a hoax. (i pay $3.99 per month for 100mb)
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Where in the world do you get 100 mb for $3.99 per month?! |
200mb 4 gigs of transfer for 9.99 a year just buy yourself a domain. For a toal of less that $2 a month, and ya get pop3 imap, and webmail.
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04-02-2004, 07:22 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 76
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Seems like I could use it to backup some digital photos. I just need to send them to my gmail account.
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04-03-2004, 03:27 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 899
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^ I figure an email size limit will come into play to stop such use...
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04-03-2004, 10:08 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by TJNoff
The drawback is that you'll be targeted with ad (read spam) mail through Google as part of the deal. 8O You're agreeing to be spammed by signing up!
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No -- you're agreeing to having targeted ads appear on the side of your mail client, not spam inside the mailbox. Not nearly as bad, so long as you don't mind such targeted ads and the means they use to determine the "target". 
--janak
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04-06-2004, 03:47 PM
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