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Google Eyes New Email Service, Expansion

Posted by simoniker on from the ultimate-internet-moogles dept.

GillBates0 writes "According to a CNN/Reuters story, Google is developing a service to attach its lucrative keyword-based advertising to email: ''I'm sure Google is getting more and more concerned about locking in users. It wouldn't surprise me if they did something very sophisticated with e-mail,' said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, who tracks the industry.' Apparently, Google has purchased an e-mail management software maker and registered the domain name googlemail.com. The article also speculates that Google is slowly on the way to becoming a full-fledged portal, with the gradual addition of more and more portal-like features like Froogle."

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  1. Moooogle by manganese4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think when you get all your usual spam, it will be annotaed by keyword to other sites that sell similar crap

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    1. Re:Moooogle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or worse, buy a stuffed moogle doll?

      Can you just imagine somebody saying they're going to froogle moogle on google? It makes the mind boogle.

    2. Re:Moooogle by K-Man · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, here are some real life examples from my inbox. This will be a really useful service.

      Subject: MOV1ES 4 FR33ovol!

      Google: Your search - mov1es 4 fr33ovol! - did not match any documents.

      Suggestions:
      - Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
      - Try different keywords.
      - Try more general keywords.
      - Try fewer keywords.

      -
      Subject: Man hunter from real life

      No man is safe.
      Imagine going about your daily life,
      then out of nowhere you are attacked
      by two of the hottest babez you have
      ever seen, whose only intent is to
      fack and sack you.

      Google:
      Re: TCP NewReno, SACK and FACK ... loose more than three packets, you will get ... TCP_FACK, adds 'forward acknowledgments'
      to SACK, basically a ... [FACK is considered experimental, but seems to work ...
      www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/9810/msg0 0194. html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

      Re: TCP NewReno, SACK and FACK ... Why already writing here, perhaps I should add, if you want to test this stuff, either
      compile your ... Follow-Ups: Re: TCP NewReno, SACK and FACK: From: Chris ...
      www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/9810/msg0 0190. html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
      [ More results from www.monkey.org ]

      etc....

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  2. Re:Too Good To Be True by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 4, Funny

    yup

    couldn't agree more. google is definitely a class act. like their pop-up blocking software. it blocked 3 for me from that refdesk site.

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  3. Thus it begins by UberOogie · · Score: 4, Funny
    1) Web-based company? Check.
    2) Do one thing incredibly well? Check.
    3) Do one thing so well you got MS nervous? Check.
    4) Slowly expanding offerings that move more and more away from core competancy? Check.
    5) Try and become everything for everyone? Check.
    6) Spiral and burn?

    The pencil is poised. I hope to god its not true.

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  4. Two Words.... by Anonimo+Covarde · · Score: 3, Funny

    Embrace and extend.

  5. Maybe they have found a way to kill spam? by JumperCable · · Score: 2, Funny

    Think of it. Every spam you get from here on in would be laced with links to their own viagra, herbal diet products & work from home options. The real spammers would never have a chance.

  6. This is no surprise by dmoore · · Score: 5, Funny
    According to the law of software envelopment:
    Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
  7. Actually... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    About 2 months ago I noticed that Google was down for about 3 minutes.

    OMG. I thought that the world was coming to an end.

  8. Re:Froogle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    why don't you try buying something other than computer hardware or software?

    Are you sure you're on the right website?

  9. Re:Interesting things at google. by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In fact, they could possibly host a minimal web page for those kind of advertisers who just want to show some simple text and services.

    You mean like the yellowpages?

  10. free million dollar idea for google... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    offer porn. you could call it 'ogle'

    1. Re:free million dollar idea for google... by sapped · · Score: 3, Funny

      When they launched their Image service I suggested they call it Go Ogle.

      Nothing ever came of it. sigh.

  11. Even better... by Poulpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they also registered the following domain names:
    googleporn.com
    googlesucks.com

    Can we expect better content from Google soon?

    More seriously, when they register domain names, I believe it's more to prevent abuses than anything else...
    There are more than 1800 domain names registered containing the google keyword.

  12. Re:Oy. by warkda+rrior · · Score: 2, Funny


    It has become completely overrun with results like sony.dscp10.reviews.digital.cameras.hot.sex.now.fr eesexsite.com that it's becoming incredibly hard to actually get any information out of it.

    Freudian slip? Yes, please!

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  13. Re:Oy. by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    the only instant messaging applications with video and voice (for calling Grandma in England or getting a little naughty).

    Oh god, I misread that "or" as an "and".

  14. Re:Interesting things at google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd be interested to know how you knew that.

    That the ?-key was stuck? It was the repetition.

    Or that the post had been copied? It was the repetition...

  15. Re:WARNING: post is plagiarized by KarmaMB84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm shocked and apalled that someone would copy and paste posts on /. I'm more shocked that you found that old post lol.