jarthur31 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 It makes you wonder why they're doing this now. What is their motiviation? GMail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 They're doing it now because its the one year anniversary of Gmail. Their motivation? To give you more space to store your mail and crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesir Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 It makes you wonder why they're doing this now. What is their motiviation? GMail. 293610[/snapback] As a gMail user, I will be more impressed when they clean up the disaster that is their contact list. There is no ability to forward to addresses using a checklist, no ability to create groups. These are things ALL email systems allow, but GMail seems to have left it out By the way If anyone wants a gmail account I have a bunch of invites. PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheManTheMythTheLegend Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 It makes you wonder why they're doing this now. What is their motiviation? GMail. 293610[/snapback] Their motivation is that adwords runs in gmail. You may not even notice it, but I use adwords on a side business, and it converts VERY well. Very targeted traffic. Quick test: Send yourself an email about traveling... just as a test. Mention that you are flying from Buffalo to Miami (or wherever) and you need to rent a car. In the reply email there will be ads on the right side for travel companies (expedia), and car rental places. The more people google gets using gmail, the more clicks they can promise advertisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Their motivation is that adwords runs in gmail. You may not even notice it, but I use adwords on a side business, and it converts VERY well. Very targeted traffic. Quick test: Send yourself an email about traveling... just as a test. Mention that you are flying from Buffalo to Miami (or wherever) and you need to rent a car. In the reply email there will be ads on the right side for travel companies (expedia), and car rental places. The more people google gets using gmail, the more clicks they can promise advertisers. 293617[/snapback] Who cares? it's still the BEST free email I have ever seen. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheManTheMythTheLegend Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Who cares? it's still the BEST free email I have ever seen.Ever. 293625[/snapback] I wasn't saying I care, or it even bothers me, I was just explaining what their motivation is. That being said, some of these privacy freaks won't join Gmail because of this. All it is doing is scanning your messages for keywords. Advertisers pay for cetain keywords to trigger their ad. And that's that. I love gmail (mainly for threaded replies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I wasn't saying I care, or it even bothers me, I was just explaining what their motivation is. That being said, some of these privacy freaks won't join Gmail because of this. All it is doing is scanning your messages for keywords. Advertisers pay for cetain keywords to trigger their ad. And that's that. I love gmail (mainly for threaded replies). 293632[/snapback] Not to mention speed, and no spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesir Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Not to mention speed, and no spam. 293689[/snapback] I agree, I receive over 70 Spam messages a day at my Yahoo mail account. Less than 1 a week (average) at my gMail account. I love everything about it except the address book functionality. However I trust they will correct this once the beta wraps up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Their motivation is that adwords runs in gmail. You may not even notice it, but I use adwords on a side business, and it converts VERY well. Very targeted traffic. Quick test: Send yourself an email about traveling... just as a test. Mention that you are flying from Buffalo to Miami (or wherever) and you need to rent a car. In the reply email there will be ads on the right side for travel companies (expedia), and car rental places. The more people google gets using gmail, the more clicks they can promise advertisers. 293617[/snapback] G-mail is great. The ads are placed where you do not even have to look at them, and I never have to worry about deleting mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Market share is also a motivation, but click-thru's rule the Internet biz. The targeted ads are sheer genius, albeit a little Big-Brotherish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 As a gMail user, I will be more impressed when they clean up the disaster that is their contact list. There is no ability to forward to addresses using a checklist, no ability to create groups. These are things ALL email systems allow, but GMail seems to have left it out By the way If anyone wants a gmail account I have a bunch of invites. PM me. 293615[/snapback] It's still in Beta and will change before the final release if enough users request changes. BTW, the ads issue is not a prob when you have POP access to your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 There is no ability to forward to addresses using a checklist, no ability to create groups. Umm, you're mistaken about Yahoo Mail. I have a group list that I send for the Bills DVDs (has about 60 contacts in it). Look again. That said, gmail seems better, although I'm a bit concerned about the fact that initially they said you couldn't delete any email (ie: you could delete it from YOUR mailbox, but google said they'd keep it on their servers forever and ever; they seem to have changed this, but who knows...). CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I have a G-Mail account and I never use it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Their motivation is that adwords runs in gmail. You may not even notice it, but I use adwords on a side business, and it converts VERY well. Very targeted traffic. Quick test: Send yourself an email about traveling... just as a test. Mention that you are flying from Buffalo to Miami (or wherever) and you need to rent a car. In the reply email there will be ads on the right side for travel companies (expedia), and car rental places. The more people google gets using gmail, the more clicks they can promise advertisers. 293617[/snapback] Gee, I wonder what you would find on the right side of your screen (or perhaps over your right shoulder) if you sent your friend Al Qaida a message mentioning Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sabatoge, Terrorist Strike, Tax Cheating, Embezzlement, Extortion, Cocaine Trafficking, kiddie porn, and arms smuggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Gee, I wonder what you would find on the right side of your screen (or perhaps over your right shoulder) if you sent your friend Al Qaida a message mentioning Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sabatoge, Terrorist Strike, Tax Cheating, Embezzlement, Extortion, Cocaine Trafficking, kiddie porn, and arms smuggling. 294044[/snapback] Nothing if you used PGP (or GPG) to encrypt your mail before sending it... http://www.pgp.com/ http://www.gnupg.org/ Everyone really should start encrypting their mail. You wouldn't send important information through the mail on a postcard, would you? CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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