Inappropriate Ads on GMail
Artemis
wrong place, I do apologize.
My question is, I've seen that many of the ads on the right hand side
and everywhere on my page are not appropriate; well, for me that is. I
don't like coming onto my mail account to see those ads; there's
nothing in any of my emails that could even bring such content up. Is
there a way to contact Google to block those ads from my account, do I
have to do it myself, or do I need to live with it?
Thanks.
Tyler Cheatham
Rich
visted :)
Rich
visted :)
On May 23, 9:42 am, Artemis <artemis.dreamsee...@gmail.com> wrote:
Rich
visted :)
On May 23, 9:42 am, Artemis <artemis.dreamsee...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ryan Morehart
Ryan
The Real Bev
> That would be incorrect. They are mostly based off of the content of the
> conversation you're reading, but what it comes up with can be fairly
> bizarre and unrelated to the real topic... for this one, for instance,
> I'm seeing "coffee exposed," "ColdSpark Mail Platform," and "Get Six
> Sigma Certified."
POP-users see no ads at all.
I'm just curious: Why do people read mail at the website rather than use a
mail program to read and store mail on their own machines? I can see using
webmail if you have to access it from a lot of different computers, but
keeping a portable mail program on a flash drive solves that problem nicely
-- if slowly.
> On 5/23/07, *Rich* <xxce...@gmail.com <mailto:xxce...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> I believe the ads are based on the cookies from the website you have
> visted :)
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Cheers, Bev
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If you're ever about to be mugged by a couple
of clowns, don't hesitate - go for the juggler.
Nick Chirchirillo
- If I happen to forget the flash drive, I'm screwed and can't check my email, or access a saved email
- If something happens to corrupt the flash drive, I am screwed and all my emails are lost
- Right now, I would have to pay for a flash drive in order to use a free service... Doesn't make much sence
- Mail programs don't have labels, which are much better than folders
- Mail programs often take longer to load than a website
- Mail programs don't have Google Talk built in
- Mail programs aren't integrated with Google Calendar
- The ads are so far out of the way, I don't even notice them sometimes
- I like the web interface more than any mail program I've ever used
- Though, I guess it boils down to personal preference. I'm sure you'd be able to compile a list similar to this about why you choose to use a mail program rather than the web interface.
Ryan Morehart
Gmail really was designed to be used on the web. POP was just added as an option because many people wanted it, but it is definitely an afterthought and shows it in some ways.
Ryan
Tyler Cheatham
Artemis
post again.) I can live with the ads, definitely. GMail is my
favourite mail client, and the ads are only really embarrassing if
someone else is looking over my shoulder. Haha. I might look into a
mail client, though using it in the browser is so easy as is. I'll
check it out though.
Well, thank you all again!
On May 24, 5:34 am, "Tyler Cheatham" <tcheath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Nick. The ads are no big deal. I dont get why people keep
> complaining about something they CAN'T control or something that is SO FAR
> out of the way that I didnt even know they were there till a few weeks ago.
>
> On 5/23/07, Nick Chirchirillo <nickma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 1. If I happen to forget the flash drive, I'm screwed and can't
> > check my email, or access a saved email
> > 2. If something happens to corrupt the flash drive, I am screwed and
> > all my emails are lost
> > 3. Right now, I would have to pay for a flash drive in order to use
> > a free service... Doesn't make much sence
> > 4. Mail programs don't have labels, which are much better than
> > folders
> > 5. Mail programs often take longer to load than a website
> > 6. Mail programs don't have Google Talk built in
> > 7. Mail programs aren't integrated with Google Calendar
> > 8. The ads are so far out of the way, I don't even notice them
> > sometimes
> > 9. I like the web interface more than any mail program I've ever
> > used
> > 10. Though, I guess it boils down to personal preference. I'm sure
> > you'd be able to compile a list similar to this about why you choose to use
> > a mail program rather than the web interface.
>
> > On 5/23/07, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Ryan Morehart wrote:
>
> > > > That would be incorrect. They are mostly based off of the content of
> > > the
> > > > conversation you're reading, but what it comes up with can be fairly
> > > > bizarre and unrelated to the real topic... for this one, for instance,
>
> > > > I'm seeing "coffee exposed," "ColdSpark Mail Platform," and "Get Six
> > > > Sigma Certified."
>
> > > POP-users see no ads at all.
>
> > > I'm just curious: Why do people read mail at the website rather than use
> > > a
> > > mail program to read and store mail on their own machines? I can see
> > > using
> > > webmail if you have to access it from a lot of different computers, but
> > > keeping a portable mail program on a flash drive solves that problem
> > > nicely
> > > -- if slowly.
>
> > > > On 5/23/07, *Rich* <xxcel...@gmail.com <mailto:xxcel...@gmail.com>>
Artemis
post again.) I can live with the ads, definitely. GMail is my
favourite mail client, and the ads are only really embarrassing if
someone else is looking over my shoulder. Haha. I might look into a
mail client, though using it in the browser is so easy as is. I'll
check it out though.
Well, thank you all again!
On May 24, 5:34 am, "Tyler Cheatham" <tcheath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Nick. The ads are no big deal. I dont get why people keep
> complaining about something they CAN'T control or something that is SO FAR
> out of the way that I didnt even know they were there till a few weeks ago.
>
> On 5/23/07, Nick Chirchirillo <nickma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 1. If I happen to forget the flash drive, I'm screwed and can't
> > check my email, or access a saved email
> > 2. If something happens to corrupt the flash drive, I am screwed and
> > all my emails are lost
> > 3. Right now, I would have to pay for a flash drive in order to use
> > a free service... Doesn't make much sence
> > 4. Mail programs don't have labels, which are much better than
> > folders
> > 5. Mail programs often take longer to load than a website
> > 6. Mail programs don't have Google Talk built in
> > 7. Mail programs aren't integrated with Google Calendar
> > 8. The ads are so far out of the way, I don't even notice them
> > sometimes
> > 9. I like the web interface more than any mail program I've ever
> > used
> > 10. Though, I guess it boils down to personal preference. I'm sure
> > you'd be able to compile a list similar to this about why you choose to use
> > a mail program rather than the web interface.
>
> > On 5/23/07, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Ryan Morehart wrote:
>
> > > > That would be incorrect. They are mostly based off of the content of
> > > the
> > > > conversation you're reading, but what it comes up with can be fairly
> > > > bizarre and unrelated to the real topic... for this one, for instance,
>
> > > > I'm seeing "coffee exposed," "ColdSpark Mail Platform," and "Get Six
> > > > Sigma Certified."
>
> > > POP-users see no ads at all.
>
> > > I'm just curious: Why do people read mail at the website rather than use
> > > a
> > > mail program to read and store mail on their own machines? I can see
> > > using
> > > webmail if you have to access it from a lot of different computers, but
> > > keeping a portable mail program on a flash drive solves that problem
> > > nicely
> > > -- if slowly.
>
> > > > On 5/23/07, *Rich* <xxcel...@gmail.com <mailto:xxcel...@gmail.com>>
swv...@gmail.com
prefrences.
About 3/4 of the way down the page you will find "Safe Search
Filtering"
(These are Global settings, so they will help with gmail as well)
Choose "Use strict filtering"
This should help.
Paul