Topic 'Re: Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111698 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:48:54 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:48:54 EDT Re: Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21112491 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21112491 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:16:40 EDT Re: Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21112480 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21112480 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:14:07 EDT Re: Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111935
My mother still uses what is now Live Mail but used to be a straight Hotmail account and I have witnessed this first hand. It's absolutely terrifying to be honest. I use gmail myself and don't even spend the fraction of the time she does checking her mail.

I certainly don't think it's because it's being used for 'throwaway' addresses. You have to remember that even now, the large majority of gmail users got in during the invite-only period and I'd hope that they would have had legitimate uses for those addresses when they got invited. At least I know this was my case. I've had my address for at least 4 years now and it's my primary personal address and I haven't looked back since. I've also added another gmail address specifically for 'professional' emails like job applications, work, etc.. I think gmail's actually one of the few free mail services out there that are actually seen in a better light than others in a professional sense.
--
I swear, some people should have pace-makers installed to free up the resources. Breathing and heart beat taxes their whole system, all of their brain cells wasted on life support.-two bit brains, and the second bit is wasted on parity! ~head_spaz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111935 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:09:22 EDT Re: Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111844
Heh maybe they are spending less time because their spam filters work better. I guess this would lead to less time on the site sifting through junk mail.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111844 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:43:05 EDT Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, & Gmail are 1 to 4 in email race http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111698 bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/1···&emc=rss
Yahoo dominates e-mail with 88.4 million users in the United States in August, according to comScore. That is far more than Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail at 45.2 million and AOL at 44.8 million, not to mention Gmail at 26.0 million.
[att=1]

Gmail is 4th in number of visitors but gaining rapidly

[att=2]

But Gmail users spend less time on the svc than the others and it is dropping. This may mean that Gmail is easier to use and email checks are faster. Or it may mean that Gmail users are just using Gmail as a throwaway address and get in and out fast since the emails they get are worthless and unimportant.

[att=3]

And lastly, email visits to all the services is dropping. Does this mean cellphone IMs are replacing email as a primary internet communication service.
--
My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page
Ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Yahoo-Hotmail-AOL-Gmail-are-1-to-4-in-email-race-21111698 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:36:39 EDT