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Since we all know that gmail "reads" your emails and posts links on the side of your screen to websites that you might be interested in based on its content...what does gmail think YOU need??

The last gmail I got from a friend of mine linked me to :

Soup for the Soul -
Inspirational, motivational and encouraging messages emailed daily
www.meditationsforwomen.com

which is odd because it was from a guy, not a girl, and didn’t include anything "motivational" in it. As such :)

Last gmail from my friend Vivienne :

Pain spoiling your fun?
What these people did for sciatica lower back pain and back ache.
www.trueback.com

We were discussing the car-pooling schedule for the school run!

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Last weekend, discussing plans for Easter with a friend .....

Easter Gifts
Donate a Goat to Help the Poor. Get a Plush Toy Goat. God loves you.
www.WorldVision.org

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Regarding an invitation to a party (in Chicago, where I live right now, with no mention of travel):

Bargain Hotels in Perth
up to 70% savings on hotel plus car hire and travel insurance
bargain-hotels-australia.com

― Fa Fa fa FA, Fa fa Fa fa FA Fa (poop), Thursday, 31 March 2005 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

In an email exchange with Vicky, discussing our trip to Suffolk, we were strongly encouraged to visit Watford. It's not even on the way!

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 31 March 2005 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't get this at all on my Gmail.

Or am I missing something/where?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 31 March 2005 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah where are these adverts?!?!??!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 31 March 2005 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

It shows up when you read new messages, to the right. I hardly ever notice, but when I do it's usually hilarious.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 31 March 2005 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Mine is always SPOOKILY RELEVANT! Like, a couple of time I've wondering with people where to find stuff on the internet (that we'd searched for and everything!) only to find it in the ads...

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 31 March 2005 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

The Original Fecalgram - fecalgram.com - Anonymously send them a box of poop and see their reaction online.

― jergins (jergins), Monday, 24 October 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

I was emailing aldo_cowpat about ATP the other day, and I got an advert for wife-swapping. With graphic illustrations too (I clicked out of curiosity, assuming that anything google-sanctioned couldn't be that bad. Boy, was I wrong about that.) I have no idea what brought this about, btw.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 25 September 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

I've just swapped emails with a friend about train times to London next week and got an advert for

"Connecting Binary Synchronous protocol systems to modern TCP/IP networks"

Is this legal? :)

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Monday, 25 September 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

"Print Cornhole Plans Now
Incredibly Detailed Instructions Save a Fortune Building Your Own
www.cornholecornhole.com"

This...is unacceptable.

― John Justen,a ninja slapboxing fajitas out of J. Casablancas dental dam. (johnju, Tuesday, 26 September 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

A reply to my writing about how I dreamt that the devil was Austrian:

The Devil Sticks Store
Huge Variety of Devil Sticks for all skill levels and budgets
DevilSticks.Org

Overcome the devil
Have you truly been born again of water and the Spirit?
www.bjnewlife.org

Austrian Alps Information
All The Info You Need On The Alps Official Site For Austrian Alps
www.alpseurope.com/austrianalps

Austrian Alps Trekking
Explore the Austrian Alps Fully guided Inn to Inn trips
wildhorizonsexpeditions.com

Need Juggling Clubs?
UK Premier Juggling Shop Online Poi, Clubs, Devilsticks, Balls
www.oddballs.co.uk

Learn Voodoo Powers
Voodoo is Real. The power can be yours to control all others.
www.voodoo.scienceofmagic.com

― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

IMPORTANT QUESTION

is there an option on gmail that would enable someone to know if i'd read their message without me knowing that they knew?

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

no. not as far as i know.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

let's hope you're right.

i am having a larry david-type situation.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

Images can do that, but in Gmail you'd have to click "Display images below", so you'd know about it.

― stet (stet), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

doesnt send receipts?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

that is what i'm hoping. it's not a big thing i suppose.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Me? this:

Mysterious Cities Of Gold
English DVD set + Extras + Features Newest + Best Quality release yet!
www.mysteriouscitiesofgolduk.com

Learn Hindi for Free
Download your free BYKI™ software and learn the Hindi language.
www.Byki.com

― Drooone, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

My ad today was about how to get an adult circumcision!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

Radiohead's OK Computer - www.explorefaith.org - Insight into the music and lyrics of the band's new release

― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:41 (nineteen years ago)

excellent timing on this revive. please to note that i actually saved these sidebar links yesterday because they were so bizarre and i couldn't figure out what would have prompted them:

Sponsored Links
"Your Hoodia Didn't Work"
Want to know why?
My Wife and I Did the Research.
www.Hoodia-Facts.com
Track your wife
Install a low cost GPS tracking system in their car. Great Prices!
bluewatersecurityprofessionals.com
Pastors' Wives Chat Room
A Safe Place for Pastors' Wives Get Connected Now!
www.loisevans.org/getconnected.htm
More about...
Wife Videos »
Gallipoli »
My Wife Ringtone »
Marine Wife »

― tehresa, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

An email exchange between my friend and I last night about a squash match yielded this sidebar link:

Dog Music for dogs & you
Murray Weinstock's dog tunes sung by Dr John, Phoebe Snow, Nrbq
www.dogtunes.com

I reckon the ads must just be totally random now.

― C J, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 05:48 (nineteen years ago)

LOL...discussing boy troubles:

what do guys really want?

Brazilian waist cinchers

Do you like bad boys?

Decode men's behavior

― emilys., Friday, 30 March 2007 03:36 (nineteen years ago)

Kids Allowance Contract
Parenting help - Allowance system for children ages 6-18.
www.kidscontracts.com
Fundraising With Bricks
Bricks 'R Us offers custom engraved bricks for a successful fundraiser.
www.bricksrus.com
Kindness Tokens
Follow their trail around the world Each has a unique serial number.
www.kindnessproject.com

― Tape Store, Friday, 30 March 2007 06:03 (nineteen years ago)

Write Children's Books
Learn how online with NYC's leading
writing school "Best of Web"-Forbes
www.writingclasses.com

Child Trust Fund
Free £20 Mothercare vouchers when
you open your CTF account with us
www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk

Landlords Letters
Ready-drafted letters and advice on
dealing with tenants
www.lawpack.co.uk/landlords_letters

More about...
Overweight Children »
Sign Children »
Slow Children »
Goodbye Letter »

This from an email mentioning school holidays, job recommendations, and the Bad vs Ghostbusters mashup.

― onimo, Friday, 30 March 2007 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

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