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I think there is some interesting middle ground where you could use machine learning to go from 'show only relevant ads' to 'show only ads you might actually cl

I think there is some interesting middle ground where you could use machine learning to go from 'show only relevant ads' to 'show only ads you might actually click on with greater than .001 probability'. I guess this is like 'extreme' outlier detection but it'd be interesting to see what revenue the ads at the 'long tail' of likelihood generate anyway. My guess the bulk of it is from the standard high CPC stuff like Mortages and Insurance. Google says it does this but i'm not too sure - I've never intentionally clicked an adword and yet they're still shown to me. Anyway this may solve the tragedy of the commons situation we're in now and allow us to move away from the technology war of ad blockers, ad blocker blockers, ad blocker blocker blockers, etc. edit: removed comment on clarity of Gsuite vs Free due to downvote brigade.

rory096 9y ago
Seems pretty clear to me. GSuite never had email scanning. >Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud sells a package of office software, called G Suite, that competes with market leader Microsoft Corp. Paying Gmail users never received the email-scanning ads like the free version of the program, but some business customers were confused by the distinction and its privacy implications, said Diane Greene, Google’s senior vice president of cloud. “What we’re going to do is make it unambiguous,” she said.
guyzero 9y ago
Per Diane Greene's post, this has always been the case for GSuite and now consumer Gmail will catch up: "Consumer Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization after this change" https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in...
DrewHintz 9y ago
"Consumer Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization after this change." Original post: https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in... Disclaimer: I work for Google, but not on this.
gpribeiro 9y ago
> Paying Gmail users never received the email-scanning ads like the free version of the program, but some business customers were confused by the distinction and its privacy implications, said Diane Greene, Google’s senior vice president of cloud. Google doesn't read e-mails from GSuite. So the change is to stop reading from Gmail's free accounts.

rory096 9y ago

Seems pretty clear to me. GSuite never had email scanning. >Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud sells a package of office software, called G Suite, that competes with market leader Microsoft Corp. Paying Gmail users never received the email-scanning ads like the free version of the program, but some business customers were confused by the distinction and its privacy implications, said Diane Greene, Google’s senior vice president of cloud. “What we’re going to do is make it unambiguous,” she said.

guyzero 9y ago

Per Diane Greene's post, this has always been the case for GSuite and now consumer Gmail will catch up: "Consumer Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization after this change" https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in...

DrewHintz 9y ago

"Consumer Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization after this change." Original post: https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in... Disclaimer: I work for Google, but not on this.

gpribeiro 9y ago

> Paying Gmail users never received the email-scanning ads like the free version of the program, but some business customers were confused by the distinction and its privacy implications, said Diane Greene, Google’s senior vice president of cloud. Google doesn't read e-mails from GSuite. So the change is to stop reading from Gmail's free accounts.