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It talks about how gmail will not render images in emails and that there is no way to turn that feature off. It also discusses the fact that ads will appear next to your email.
It got me thinking. If someday, gmail became a, say, 2% or more portion of my list, it would be worth the time to put an ad up on adwords in which the keyword phrase is actually a portion of the copy in the email in order to trigger the ad to the side. Havn't tested it but theoretically it should work.
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 2:48 am (utc) on Aug. 31, 2004]
It talks about how gmail will not render images in emails
That's not true. Might be a beta thing where image blocking is not working.
I have an email signiture where I've scanned my hand written signature and use it along with my contact info. (kind of like what appears at the bottom of a business letter... I think it gives my emails a more personal feel) It is a gif and shows up every time.
Also, since I saw your post, I tested by putting a gif, bmp, and a jpeg in an email. All three showed up just fine in my gmail box.
put an ad up on adwords in which the keyword phrase is actually a portion of the copy in the email
I had that idea a while ago, and have yet to test it. I will shortly, and will post my findings here.
When you read new messages, some images may not be visible immediately. This is because Gmail disables images sent to you to protect you from unknown senders, like spammers, who use images and links to verify that your email address is real.
if the images are on a webserver, then they are not displayed automatically, hotmail is doing the same.
if you embed them and send them with the message then they will be shown, this is to prevent people getting open rate information on image load.
the html display of gmail is the worst I've seen, btw
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 2:42 am (utc) on Aug. 31, 2004]
