The gmail phenomenom

[zyzyly]

So what is the deal with gmail? Why is everyone so excited about it? Is it because you have to get an invite from someone--does that create a "buzz" about it?

Really all I know about it is that it is a google thing that allows them to track your email trends by keywords, and that there is a lot of storage space. What's so special about that?

And I'm not trying to be cool or elitist or anything--I just don't get what it is about.

Comments

[asqmh.livejournal.com]

It's nifty. It organizes things differently. I've got some invites if you want to try it out.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I would--thanks!

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

--The "invite" part might be part of it for some people, but not for me. It might, indeed, be a method that Google is using to get buzz going about its availability.

--It holds a huge amount of e-mail. You don't have to worry about it running out of space.

--Unlike other free services like Yahoo! or Hotmail, there is no advertising cluttering up the page.

--"gmail.com" sounds and looks a bit more dignified than "yahoo.com" or "hotmail.com."

--Like other free web-based e-mail services, you can access it from any computer, anywhere, probably almost anytime that you have an Internet connection.

--All e-mail services do, in a way, already read your e-mail, in that they scan it for viruses. gMail automatically scans messages for keywords and they may or may not use the finding of some keywords for e-mailing advertising to you.

[asqmh.livejournal.com]

It's on its way.

[saltdawg.livejournal.com]

I JUST got finished setting up my Gmail account. The only reason that I am excited about it is that I can FINALLY have a "saltdog" e-mail account. That name was tied up in everything else since before I even thought I would go to sea. I still like my elvis mail though...

[myasma.livejournal.com]

An Elvis email account--the value speaks for itself.

[saltdawg.livejournal.com]

no invites or anything. Just visit elvis.com, the best part of that one, for somebody who is away for months on end, is that they don't terminate your account if you don't check in every thirty days...

[ex-muzer409.livejournal.com]

I'm quite fond of elvis.com myself, I have quite a few addresses there. And I bet they ain't gonna disappear anytime soon...