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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

this site makes me laugh:

http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/drugnews.html

> The three drug ads on the right side are context-sensitive ads from 
> Google, but they are fed to the newspaper by DoubleClick. They exhibit 
> the evil that the reporter is trying to expose. There are only two 
> problems: 1) the newspaper has little or no control over the ads that 
> appear, and 2) they're making money off of the ads. The excellent 
> reporting is part of the solution, while the newspaper itself remains 
> part of the problem.

(a) AdWords are delivered by Google. Not DoubleClick. DoubleClick and 
other advertisers have started to make ads however, that look like 
AdWords ads...
(b) So what if the newspaper has no control, it doesn't reflect on 
them, just the advertiser
(c) so what if they're making money? they're being paid by the online 
pharmacies, and making money is what capitalism is all about

and then...

http://www.namebase.org/crawlers.html

Name Base is run by PIR, the same people who did 
gmail-is-too-creepy.com, but they seem to have a different stance on 
google at the above linked page...

hmmm...

i think i'll stick by google till i really see reason not to

~ian


On Jun 23, 2004, at 4:31 PM, matusiak wrote:

> http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
>
> I've heard hotmail customers complaining of the same thing...
>
> "Don't be evil."
>
> On Jun 23, 2004, at 4:20 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:
>
> > I discovered today that the Yahoo is automatically dumping GMail 
> > invites
> > into the 'Bulk Folder' as if they were SPAM.  My girlfriend 
> > complained that
> > she never received my invite to try GMail so I tested the idea this
> > afternoon.
> >
> > Attempt 1:
> > ----------
> > From: [my gmail account]
> > Subject: gmail
> > Body: "test"
> >
> > The email landed in my inbox.
> >
> > Attempt 2:
> > ----------
> > From: [my gmail account]
> > Subject: gmail
> > Body: [text from my gmail invite to my girlfriend]
> >
> > The email landed in my Bulk Folder.
> >
> > Smells fishy.  :)
> >
> > T O N Y  S P E N C E R
>
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