is gmail dominating the email space or what?

[Dulanic]

I used to use Yahoo. However, it of now just a spam account. Gmail has become my primary as it supports push on my phone and Yahoo does not without using the crappy Yahoo app.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

It seems like any email I get where I'm one of the many on the list, everyone is using gmail (including myself). You probably look weird without a gmail account. Definitely the case in the 20s and 30s crowd.

Been having my own domain for the last decade. It's weird to me to use any other e-mail services unless I have to (work, uni, etc.)
Speaking of which, anyone still using Eudora?

 

[Veliko]

I use Gmail now, largely because you need a Google account to use Google Docs and have YouTube playlists.

Most of these webmail systems are the same though, very much of a muchness.

 

[vi edit]

I think its a bad idea to use anything but gmail or a custom domain for a "professional" looking email. People "look down" on people with Hotmail addresses. Stupid, but true.

For example, if you had two equal resumes, one with a hotmail address and one with a gmail address, I think most people would think the gmail resume was a more savvy candidate.

LOL.

Ok. How old are you? It's nothing more than a preference. What free email account I use has nothing to do with being "savvy". I locked in on a reasonable account name that's been established for almost 15 years. If anything that shows some level of stability and not hopping onto the latest trend. Maybe if I was applying to Google I'd want to send it from a gmail account, but so long as you have some semblance of a professional address I highly doubt employers give a flying shit. If I *really* wanted to keep it more technically respected I would have retained domain rights to my name@firstinitiallastname.com domain. But it just wasn't worth the hassle. I don't hop jobs that much, and most employers just simply don't care. My resume and phone interviews will speak for themselves. Not my @freewebdomain.com email address at the top.

 

[Triumph]

Right off the bat GMail specifically was using the motto: "search, don't sort", so clearly it's not for you. There's no point in trying so hard to find what's so special about it if after 7 years you haven't found any of its features as useful. Just leave it alone and use something else.

Well that's fine, unfortunately my .edu account I'd been using since 1997 switched over to Gmail about a year ago, so unless I want to change my main email address I'm stuck using it.

 

[KidNiki1]

i love gmail. used to use yahoo but it sucks ass. have a hotmail because i have to for gaming. but thats even worse than yahoo.


and just for giggles: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

 

[IceBergSLiM]

My job is fully dropping our in-house email system for gmail and dropping MS Office for Google Docs. We now have our own domain set up through google so the email uses gmail but the domain name is still ours. We are basically eliminating the need for any servers or network admins. Anyone with half a brain can administer a google apps domain. Apparently this solution is becoming really popular, a lot of companies are going this route to save a buck.

I'll laugh my ass off if they pull the rug out from under all of these companies trying to save money and start charging for their google apps domains once a ton of people have converted over.

further evidence that their will be no job recovery. More and more knowledge workers positions will be replaced by increasingly intelligent software.

 

[Triumph]

and just for giggles: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

I hate computer snobs. Just as annoying as the computer illiterate.

 

[KidNiki1]

I hate computer snobs. Just as annoying as the computer illiterate.

odd, i hate people without a sense of humor....

it's just interesting tho that as Leros mentioned, there is, for some segment of the population, an instant judgement of a person based on email provider used.

i'm not saying i agree that people do that, i just think it is interesting that these stereotypes of what kind of person uses what kind of email are coming into play.

 

[Jeffg010]

Been having my own domain for the last decade. It's weird to me to use any other e-mail services unless I have to (work, uni, etc.)
Speaking of which, anyone still using Eudora?

Eudora damn that old school there. That is what I was using back in 95 when I got on dial up. When I switched to att net broadband, which was around summer of 99 I switched to hotmail because it so much easier to check E-mail from the web. I had 2 different accounts back to back from hotmail because I kept getting spammed and they had a shitty filter. They also were sending me E-mails trying to get me to pay for an upgrade claiming better filtering and crap. I deiced to switch to yahoo in 2004 to see if that was any better but it was about the same and just stuck with it.

 

[Triumph]

the humor relies on perception that computer literate people feel they are superior to others, which as we all know is completely false.

 

[rh71]

and just for giggles: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

it's funny - some people with their own domain name had a professional set it up (along with their business website) for them and they barely know how to check it through webmail, or even know how to use a computer. My lawyer for example, or some lady's small business I used to webdev for. It's such a crapshoot, I'd hardly put that on the top of that list. At least with the big 3, they most likely set that up for themself.

I also find reliability of webmail for your own domain to be less reliable for up-time. And you won't have it for the rest of your life like a gmail. Frankly I'm tired of paying the $6/mo. for my webhost since it's not even used for a business. I use it as web storage, but it's not worth it since you can't beat FREE.

 

[KidNiki1]

it's funny - some people with their own domain name had a professional set it up (along with their business website) for them and they barely know how to check it through webmail, or even know how to use a computer.

yar...my dad is like this. he is a small business owner and had someone else set up and admin the website/email. his level of computer literacy is pretty low. nevertheless, as i mentioned in my other post... people really do make these judgements. /shrug

 

[Greenman]

My email contacts list is around a hundred people, not a single gmail or hotmail address in the list.

 

[Leros]

LOL.

Ok. How old are you? It's nothing more than a preference. What free email account I use has nothing to do with being "savvy". I locked in on a reasonable account name that's been established for almost 15 years. If anything that shows some level of stability and not hopping onto the latest trend. Maybe if I was applying to Google I'd want to send it from a gmail account, but so long as you have some semblance of a professional address I highly doubt employers give a flying shit. If I *really* wanted to keep it more technically respected I would have retained domain rights to my name@firstinitiallastname.com domain. But it just wasn't worth the hassle. I don't hop jobs that much, and most employers just simply don't care. My resume and phone interviews will speak for themselves. Not my @freewebdomain.com email address at the top.

I work for a company in the "jobs" industry. We have a few million datapoints to extract data from, so I have statistics to support my claim. Removing other variables, having a gmail.com or custom email address makes you a bit more desirable than people with other email addresses. (This applies to people seeking professional positions. It doesn't seem to matter much for non-professional jobs).

 

[Golgatha]

I have firstnamelastname@hotmail.com. Jumped on the gmail bandwagon too late to get the same on gmail though.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I guess I'm oldschool. I don't like to change phone numbers and I don't like to change email addresses. I have the same Yahoo mail I've had for...I forget how many years. No point going to Gmail at this time.

My primary is my isp account email that I"ve had since 1995. To me it's an identity. Sure I've created temp/additional accounts, but they are not what I use day to day.

 

[Blackjack200]

I work for a company in the "jobs" industry. We have a few million datapoints to extract data from, so I have statistics to support my claim. Removing other variables, having a gmail.com or custom email address makes you a bit more desirable than people with other email addresses. (This applies to people seeking professional positions. It doesn't seem to matter much for non-professional jobs).

Corrolation =/= Causation

More desireable candidates might simply be slightly more likely to use gmail.

 

[vi edit]

Corrolation =/= Causation

More desireable candidates might simply be slightly more likely to use gmail.

For all we know the most movement/applicants/hires are in the 20-25 year old range. All which grew up in the era of gmail. Hotmail predates that by almost 10 years.

 

[Ns1]

For all we know the most movement/applicants/hires are in the 20-25 year old range. All which grew up in the era of gmail. Hotmail predates that by almost 10 years.

Seems reasonable?

90-2000 = hotmail era, 2000 - 2010 = gmail era?

 

[Patranus]

I work for a company in the "jobs" industry. We have a few million datapoints to extract data from, so I have statistics to support my claim. Removing other variables, having a gmail.com or custom email address makes you a bit more desirable than people with other email addresses. (This applies to people seeking professional positions. It doesn't seem to matter much for non-professional jobs).

Laughable considering the ones doing the hiring (and managing) probably have Yahoo, Hotmail, or AOL addresses.
Only 35% of gmails users are 35 and over.

In the real world, an email address is completely irrelevant to upper management and the people doing the hiring.

 

[vi edit]

Seems reasonable?

90-2000 = hotmail era, 2000 - 2010 = gmail era?

More like '96-2004 or so for Hotmail.

Gmail didn't pick up steam until 2005 when it upped it's mailbox size. It was invite only through some time in 2005 I think.

 

[Red Squirrel]

LOL.

Ok. How old are you? It's nothing more than a preference. What free email account I use has nothing to do with being "savvy". I locked in on a reasonable account name that's been established for almost 15 years. If anything that shows some level of stability and not hopping onto the latest trend. Maybe if I was applying to Google I'd want to send it from a gmail account, but so long as you have some semblance of a professional address I highly doubt employers give a flying shit. If I *really* wanted to keep it more technically respected I would have retained domain rights to my name@firstinitiallastname.com domain. But it just wasn't worth the hassle. I don't hop jobs that much, and most employers just simply don't care. My resume and phone interviews will speak for themselves. Not my @freewebdomain.com email address at the top.

Really for professionalism, it's best to just have your own domain, but it is true that gmail tends to be looked at as being a bit more professional, which is kinda funny. Also really depends what kind of job it is. If it's not a technical related job then it probably does not matter much.

The prefix can make a hell of a difference though.

XXXButtFucker69XXX@gmail.com looks worse than firstname.lastname.3894824@hotmail.com, for example.

What makes me laugh though is people who use hotmail or any free email provider for a business. I actually saw a truck that had pc_guy_69@hotmail.com, no joke! I don't recall where the underscores where but it was something to that extent, with the 69. Like, seriously? A PC repair guy and he does not even have his own domain? That's just wrong. If he could afford gas for that truck, he could afford a domain and a VPS account somewhere.

 

[Leros]

Corrolation =/= Causation

More desireable candidates might simply be slightly more likely to use gmail.

Studies have been done that show that technical people view people with hotmail, yahoo, aol, etc email addresses as less competent. It is a factor for sure.

 

[HeXen]

i love gmail. it does what i need it to do. that is, shows me email

Like, seriously? A PC repair guy and he does not even have his own domain? That's just wrong. If he could afford gas for that truck, he could afford a domain and a VPS account somewhere.

yeah, its pc repair for gods sake. lol none in my town can even stay in business very long anyway so i would expect a pc repair guy to use a free email the same as i would expect a BB employee using one