Google Trying Out Display Ads In Gmail

According to a number of sources Google is experimenting with display ads in gmail offering new opportunities for photograph. A spokesperson said:

“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.” Heavy image content would include e-mails such as the clothing retailer ad stumbled upon by Search Engine Land. Ads could also be presumably based on bulk marketing messages from Amazon.com or local deals from Groupon.