PSP ads in GMail compromising my ability to view my inbox
If you use GMail, you’re familiar with the Google ads that appear just above the message controls. For the past few weeks, I’ve been struggling with the ads for PSP software that have been showing up here. For some reason, the letters “ffi” in “Official” are larger and fancier than the rest of the text. This pushes the line of text down slightly and makes it impossible to click the items below it, most importantly, the “Back to Inbox” text. Of course, I can still get to my Inbox using one of the other links on the page, like the column on the left, but this is still a pain in the ass. I’ve become used to clicking here, and every time I do so, I’m suddenly viewing Sony’s Gran Turismo for PSP website.
Maybe it’s the conspiracy theorist in me, but this almost seems as though it was planned. I wonder how many click-throughs Sony’s getting for this, entirely by accident. Is anyone else seeing this, or do I need to check my settings?
Tags: Ads, gmail, gran turismo, Sony
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Mine does not do that. But I've never made my gmail screens look like anything other than default emotionless white. I am seeing the PSP text, just not with Zapfino f's.
You can disable those ads, you know. Go into your settings, click the Web Clips heading, and disable displaying web clips.
WTF? Why didn't I know this before?!
Thanks, but I tried this. Turned that off and they kept coming back anyway.
Mine does not do that. But I've never made my gmail screens look like anything other than default emotionless white. I am seeing the PSP text, just not with Zapfino f's.
You can disable those ads, you know. Go into your settings, click the Web Clips heading, and disable displaying web clips.
WTF? Why didn't I know this before?!
Thanks, but I tried this. Turned that off and they kept coming back anyway.