Inappropriate Ads on GMail

Firstly, I'm new to this whole Groups thing, so if I'm
writing in the
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.


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I believe the ads are based on the cookies from the website
you have
visted 


On May 23, 9:42 am, Artemis <artemis.dreamsee...gmail.com> wrote:
> Firstly, I'm new to this whole Groups thing, so if I'm
writing in the
> 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.


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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* <xxceler8gmail.com <mailtoxcele
r8gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I believe the ads are based on the cookies from the
website you have
>     visted 

-- 
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.

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Ah, okay. Thank you all for your responses. (I'm surprised I
found my
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
<mailtoxcel.
..gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > >     I believe the ads are based on the
cookies from the website you
> > > have
> > > >     visted 
>
> > > --
> > > 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.


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On your main iGoogle (home) page, next to search box, click
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


On May 23, 12:42 pm, Artemis <artemis.dreamsee...gmail.com> wrote:
> Firstly, I'm new to this whole Groups thing, so if I'm
writing in the
> 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.


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