Pampered Chef Advertising Through Gmail/Google Email

[LibrarianChef]

G'morning all. Just opened my Gmail this morning before Christmas festivities and found the following pamperedchef.biz ad at the top of my email screen (see attachment). Since it's an ad through an email company, does that technically make it legal to do this? Just wondered if it's not considered "internet" advertising, but email advertising. It must cost a FORTUNE to get an ad through google. YIKES! But hey, it's gotta be very effective since I, unfortunately, click on these ads ALL the time.

 

[janetupnorth]

There is a fine line with paid advertising in relation to internet advertising. I'd have to reread the policies in detail again. I believe there is an Internet policy that overrides some of the paid rules in that you cannot promote your website in ways that will make it appear higher in web searches. (Once again, I'm recalling not READING the policies right now). I personally avoid any internet advertising since you may break a rule and the benefits aren't really there.

If you have questions about it, e-mail Richard Laiche to deal with it.

 

[chefann]

IMO, those ads in gmail are still internet advertising. They aren't IN the email messages, they're on the webpage where you access your email. I bet that they're pulled from a pool of advertisers who have accounts with Google, based on the keywords represented in your inbox. Report this person to Richard at HO.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

The banner ad is a direct link to a personal website.Direct links to websites are verboten - that's why we all tap dance around the rule by making vague references to our sites but do not place actual links anywhere.My http://www.jrmanning.com/ has advertising that is automated - a 'bot picks key words from my posts and places ads based on those key words, some can be rather amusing. Others are annoying - if I mention "Pampered Chef" of "Mary Kay" in my posts, the automatic ads often push those products available on ebay, or worse. So I try not to use the actual word anymore.My blog's advertising is accidental. This one appears to be on purpose.

 

[janetupnorth]

That's probably the best point that draws the line. Google ads are all paid ads, and you're right, not the cheapest. To be in a Google mail ad, they had to pay for it which then promotes a direct link which is against the rules.

...just think KG, if you mention MK enough in your blog and promote the "pink" enough, maybe you could earn a pink car or whatever they do...