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Folks who have a strong dislike of advertisements will probably turn red at this. It has been confirmed that the right column that Gmail usually reserves for ads has now been updated to support image-based advertising, as opposed to the original text-only ads. Folks who were digging around managed to find a statement from Google stating that the company is always trying out new ad formats and that it recently started experimenting with image ads on messages with heavy image content. The trial seems to be ongoing on a limited basis, which is probably why there hasn't been a serious backlash yet. The statement from Google reads:
"We're always trying out new ad formats and placements in Gmail, and we recently started experimenting with image ads on messages with heavy image content."
Google begins image ads trial in Gmail, By Ubergizmo, 28 Jan 2011. Top Stories : EVO Shift Review, MacBook Air Review,
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