[ILUG] Google Job

Sean Rima sean at tcob1.net
Thu Apr 1 19:49:55 IST 2004


Colm Buckley wrote:
> On 1 Apr 2004, at 19:40, Adam Conway wrote:
> 
>> Which, according to the grauniad[1]:
>> "However, there is a catch to the new service: Google's computers will 
>> scan emails to deliver targeted advertising."
> 
> 
> *Text-only* ads will appear alongside the email in pretty much the same 
> way that they appear in the Google search results.  This is what enables 
> us to keep the service free.  Personally, I think it's a lot better than 
> having banner or pop-up ads on the email service.
> 

The T/C mention:
Gmail is a free service and includes 1,000 megabytes of storage with 
each account.

If they give away 1gb of space for each account and end up with 1 
million accounts, jezz think of all the HD space. Sounds like a joke to me.

Sean



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