Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails

[marinos]

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?

[dangrossman]

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...

[MildlySerious]

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

[Gustomaximus]

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.

[Gaurav322]

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...

[chrisBob]

Guess who google's paying customer is?

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

[filipedeschamps]

"Don't be evil"

[jjdro]

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

[MrMeker]

"To your shareholders."