Spam in Reverse

Something I noticed recently is in my Google mail account. When a draft is saved in my Gmail, ads appear on the right margin, disturbingly topical to whatever the subject or subjects about which I'm currently writing. For instance, when I hit "save" right now, leaving the compose screen momentarily to access my drafts, upon my return, five advertisements appear under the heading "Sponsored Links" with titles such as "Writing Pad Tablet PC", "Write Articles Instantly", "Myself, Unfettered", "Press Release Writing", "Win $10K Writing Contest". Another article I was writing recently regarding the congressional practice of writing their political constituents invited links like this: "Labels-for USPS Shipping", "Jay Footlik for Congress", "Hillary Clinton in 2008?", "Mark Warner Lied to Us".

I guess I have to give whoever came up with this invasion of my privacy credit for having the get-up-and-go to sell their wares, their ideas, themselves with such conveniently accessible marketing savvy, despite their incredible audacity to do so. It is SPAM in reverse. How sneaky. I'm outraged and impressed at the same time, wondering who I have to contact to advertise my blog this way.

Resources

1. politicsavvy.blogspot.com