spam

[Joel S. Berson]

"Spam, spam, spam", as someone sang. Didn't Google tell (or confess
to) the world recently that it analyzes everything it sees from its
users in order to make what it provides to them more relevant and targeted?

Joel

At 2/22/2012 12:17 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Gmail advertising, which is fairly unobtrusive, compared to Yahoo or
>Hotmail, is contextualized. I've noticed in the past that it is often
>vaguely related to the subject header or something in the body (content)
>or the location of the sender. That's when you're looking at the
>messages. But what happens when you're looking at the folders?
>Sometimes, the headers contribute the topic--the message headers, that
>is, which includes subject, name, email address (particularly the
>domain). But this is the first time I've noticed the ad to be related to
>the /content/ of the folder:
>
>>Spam Primavera
>>- Toss with linguini, serve immediately
>
>>Spam Swiss Pie
>>- Bake 45-55 minutes or until eggs are set
>
>>Spam Skillet Casserole
>>- Broil until golden
>
>Well, you get the point. It was the Gmail automatically generated Spam
>folder.
>
>     VS-)
>
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