Web Clips in Gmail
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HEBDave
Jan 31, 2012, 11:26:19 AM1/31/12
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I've just noticed that it seems like the Web Clips feature in Gmail is
enabled by default. I know how to turn Web Clips off when logged in to
an individual account, but is there a way to manage this setting from
the domain management tools? I don't mind if our users want to turn it
on themselves, but I would prefer that they start with Web Clips
disabled if possible.
Also, I'd be interested to hear any experiences about whether this is
worth being on my radar: do you instruct/train users to turn this off?
If you haven't, does anyone ask why they are seeing "ads"? Does
everyone seem to ignore it and I'm worried about nothing?
enabled by default. I know how to turn Web Clips off when logged in to
an individual account, but is there a way to manage this setting from
the domain management tools? I don't mind if our users want to turn it
on themselves, but I would prefer that they start with Web Clips
disabled if possible.
Also, I'd be interested to hear any experiences about whether this is
worth being on my radar: do you instruct/train users to turn this off?
If you haven't, does anyone ask why they are seeing "ads"? Does
everyone seem to ignore it and I'm worried about nothing?
John Martin
Jan 31, 2012, 11:28:33 AM1/31/12
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Try Domain Settings -> scroll halfway down and look for the field called Advertisement Option. That did it for me.
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melissa benson
Jan 31, 2012, 12:21:42 PM1/31/12
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It may have changed since I looked into it but that advertisement setting was only for ads and not the web clips. Maybe it changed? However if not, I emailed Google support a long time ago and what they were able to do is remove that option completely. I wanted to make the default OFF and still have the option open but they couldn't do that, they were just able to totally remove them.
I chose to do that because does anyone even use that? If any users want that (no one has said anything about it) we would look into opening Google Reader for their RSS stuff.
I think maybe the GAM tool will also do this, or is able to do something with web clips..forgot what, it was awhile ago I did this. Hope that helps.
I chose to do that because does anyone even use that? If any users want that (no one has said anything about it) we would look into opening Google Reader for their RSS stuff.
I think maybe the GAM tool will also do this, or is able to do something with web clips..forgot what, it was awhile ago I did this. Hope that helps.
HEBDave
Jan 31, 2012, 12:44:07 PM1/31/12
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The advertisement setting does seem to only affect the ads. After more
web searching, I was able to find a few recommendations online that
seem to match what Melissa Benson has said:
http://www.enterprise-expert.com/2011/10/disable-web-clips-for-entire-google.html
... which recommends using the Email Settings API, but also mention
that you can "...contact Google Support and request disabling Web
Clips for your entire domain."
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/topic/apps/3juotkeYDlg/discussion
...which recommends using Google Apps Manager.
Based on these, I've just used Google Apps Manager to disable Web
Clips for our existing accounts (took several minutes to run for about
250 accounts), and I'm filing a support ticket to request that Web
Clips be disabled by default.
-Dave
web searching, I was able to find a few recommendations online that
seem to match what Melissa Benson has said:
http://www.enterprise-expert.com/2011/10/disable-web-clips-for-entire-google.html
... which recommends using the Email Settings API, but also mention
that you can "...contact Google Support and request disabling Web
Clips for your entire domain."
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/topic/apps/3juotkeYDlg/discussion
...which recommends using Google Apps Manager.
Based on these, I've just used Google Apps Manager to disable Web
Clips for our existing accounts (took several minutes to run for about
250 accounts), and I'm filing a support ticket to request that Web
Clips be disabled by default.
-Dave
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