9to5Google reported that Gmail has started to show more persistent ads in users’ inboxes. A number of screenshots shared on Twitter, show
Gmail has always placed ads on the top of Promotions and Social Inboxes. However, it did not dare to place them between HTML It’s even harder to tell the difference between emails and ads with the new placement, even though the promotions are marked by the green “Ad” symbol. This is not clear whether this is a test or a gradual implementation. I haven’t seen any ads in my email yet.
Some Users have noticed in the last few weeks that ads with full-size images are appearing at the top their
Google’s website does not indicate whether they sell ads that appear right in the middle inboxes. One support page states that G
The official Gmail account responded to a user’s concern about middle-of-the inbox ads on Twitter by vaguely saying We reached out to Google for more information and will update this article when we receive a response.
