On TV.com: Super Bowl Fun: DAVE + JAY + OPRAH
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet

June 28th, 2006

Message from Google

Posted by Garett Rogers @ 8:04 pm

Categories: Google

Tags:

I logged into my personalized homepage tonight to find that Google has started using it to advertise stuff.  The message I saw only pointed to the gadget directory (and was gone as fast as it appeared), but I wonder if they have plans to show real ads here in the future? 

Messages on my personalized homepage have the potential to be very annoying, however showing something relevant once in a while might actually be welcome.  What do you think?  Would you put up with the odd advertisement on your personalized homepage if they were appropriately targeted?

messagefromgoogle.gif 

Garett RogersGarett Rogers Follow GarettRogers on Twitteris employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


Email Garett Rogers

Subscribe to Googling Google via Email alerts or RSS.

  • Talkback
  • Most Recent of 3 Talkback(s)
Google Reader isn't iGoogle.
They are two different things entirely.

Yes they both bring you RSS feeds, but in vastly different manners.

iGoogle is more like My Yahoo! while Google Reader is more like Bloglines.

This story relates to iGoogle (i.e. Google Personalized Homepage).... (Read the rest)
Posted by: angrykeyboarder Posted on: 05/19/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Sure  D-T-Schmitz | 06/28/06
To be honest, I don't even use mine.  BillyG_n_SC | 06/29/06
Google Reader isn't iGoogle.  angrykeyboarder | 05/19/08

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

advertisement

Recent Entries

advertisement

Archives

Favorite Links

ZDNet Blogs

White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

SmartPlanet

Click Here