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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. Re:Google does it again... by mrmeval · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your site has

    "Using the advanced features of the toolbar requires that you send information about the pages you are viewing to Google. Be sure to disable the advanced features if this is an issue for you."

    I for one do not appreciate privacy invading garbage to be required before I can use something.

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  2. Why do people on slashdot seem to like google? by rhetoric · · Score: 1, Troll

    Given Google Inc's collecting of obscene amounts of information about each user, and their refusal to give any reason why or tell anyone what they are doing with it, their hiring of government spooks, etc..

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  3. Google: the next microsoft by Serveert · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except Google is smarter and more sly.

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