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Casual Articles - Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail - So Many to Choose From, So Which One is For You?
Business correspondences, documents, articles, etc. are written and received by people at all levels of expertise and education. The writer bears the responsibility of using the correct level of diction (words) and syntax (word order/structure) for the reader. When writing, ask yourself, “Who is going to read this?”Answering this question will help you determine the readers’ needs. Do the readers have any expertise in the subject matter about which you are writing? What do you assume is the readers’ education level?Consider this scenarioA doctor of radiology has developed a new x-ray technique. He wants to write an article informing others of this innovation. He determines that he needs to write three different articles to three basic audiences as follows: Journal
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their ac
It’s always a race for traffic, this thing we call internet marketing. The faster we are able to generate visitors for our websites, the more visitors we are able to garner, the more sales (or clicks, if such were the case) we can have. Hence, the statement “traffic is the lifeblood of any online business,” which rings a thousand truths.Now, there are many, many established ways by which you can generate traffic for your website. Article marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), traffic exchange, mailing lists, blogs, RSS, paid and free advertising and the likes are just some of them.But buried beneath these popular strategies is one technique that is just as efficient, if not more potent than the rest. It’s called eZine advertising, and it can potentially generate instant – yes, INSTANT – traffic f
When the Internet became a major public communications medium in the 1990s, many saw it as a great opportunity for a personal and instant communication system - email. Many free email providers arrived, but the first major player was Microsoft, with the release of Hotmail. Qualcomm soon released Eudora, followed by Yahoo and just recently, Google. And so the race to provide the most profitable and popular email service began
Microsoft Hotmail -
This has always been the most popular email service on the web. It's success is mainly due to massive publicity, worldwide services and has now become nearly the default email service for starting Internet users. If you want an email, you go to Hotmail. It was barely threatened by other companies until the recent launch of Google's Gmail. A year or so ago, Hotmail offered a measly 2 MB storage for email. Then out of the blue, Gmail launched a massive 1 GB email service for public use. Luckily for Hotmail, Gmail is currently in beta and only available through an invitation based signup. Hotmail has now increased email capacity to 250 MB in an effort to rival Gmail.
Personally, I don't like Hotmail. It's pages load slower than other providers. Ads are found literally everywhere. Even with 250MB, the capacity is still small in comparison to Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Being the largest provider of email, it is also the most targeted by hackers and unauthorized users.
On the other hand it has the backing of Microsoft, has generally high quality spam and virus filters, has nice HTML email features and also works beautifully with other Microsoft products such as MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces.
Google Gmail -
Released as an invitation only beta on April 1, 2004 (no it was not an April Fool's joke) Gmail made free email history when it announced that its new email service would boast a massive 1GB of free email storage. This was 500 times what Hotmail and 250 times what Yahoo offered at the time and thus users around the world just couldn't get enough of Gmail. People who were lucky enough to receive an invitation were generally great beta testers, but some began selling these invitations on websites like Ebay. I myself was lucky enough to receive an invitation from Gmail in its early stages. At the time most users were given no more than 10 invitations to hand out. Today I have 50, with quickly replenishment of these after use.
Personally, I love Gmail. It's got a clean and fast interface, with very easy to use features. It's storage is great, but few users will ever use even half of the space. It's spam filters are good, but I would have to say Hotmail did a better job. POP and IMAP access are now available, as well as email forwading.
But even Gmail has its cons. It lacks thorough HTML email support, both for viewing and composing. It lacks some common features in other email services, such as a choice of spam filter level, the ability to trash messages easily and also doesn't work well (works only in plain HTML mode) with Opera and other older browsers.
Also there have been 2 privacy issues raised with Gmail. Firstly, the unobtrusive and generally clean looking ads on the right of most pages are contextual. This means these ads are generated based on page content, or in this case email content. Therefore everytime you view an email, you're email content is analyzed and then converted into ads for Google's revenue. According to Google, this is all done by robots not humans, and therefore the email is never read by any humans, but none the less, many users get freaked out when they see their email posted in ad-form on the right of the screen.
The other privacy issue is that of trashed messages. With 1GB of space, Gmail encourages users not to delete read messages, but only to archive them for later viewing. If a user decides to trash a message anyway, their is a clause in the Gmail privacy policy which causes some dispute. The clause states that after deletion of an email, Google can keep it in storage for as long as it wishes. Therefore, when you trash a message and expect it to be gone forever, it could be just simply sitting on a Google server, waiting to be accessed by unauthorized users.
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their acc
So you want to have a special sales event – great idea! But why are you slashing your prices and having big discounts? You can have a successful income buster without even touching your prices! You just need brains, guts and real (and I mean real) excitement.What’s an “income buster”?An income buster is a promotional event that gets a large amount of people excited about something. It wows and delights your customers so much that they want to thank you for it when it’s over. It’s not about lowering prices; it’s about getting your customers excited about something more substantial.Of course, there’s no magic event that will work for everybody. The key to finding the right income buster for you is in your customers – and your ability to see things their way.The First Element: Brains
Personally, I don't like Hotmail. It's pages load slower than other providers. Ads are found literally everywhere. Even with 250MB, the capacity is still small in comparison to Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Being the largest provider of email, it is also the most targeted by hackers and unauthorized users.
On the other hand it has the backing of Microsoft, has generally high quality spam and virus filters, has nice HTML email features and also works beautifully with other Microsoft products such as MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces.
Google Gmail -
Released as an invitation only beta on April 1, 2004 (no it was not an April Fool's joke) Gmail made free email history when it announced that its new email service would boast a massive 1GB of free email storage. This was 500 times what Hotmail and 250 times what Yahoo offered at the time and thus users around the world just couldn't get enough of Gmail. People who were lucky enough to receive an invitation were generally great beta testers, but some began selling these invitations on websites like Ebay. I myself was lucky enough to receive an invitation from Gmail in its early stages. At the time most users were given no more than 10 invitations to hand out. Today I have 50, with quickly replenishment of these after use.
Personally, I love Gmail. It's got a clean and fast interface, with very easy to use features. It's storage is great, but few users will ever use even half of the space. It's spam filters are good, but I would have to say Hotmail did a better job. POP and IMAP access are now available, as well as email forwading.
But even Gmail has its cons. It lacks thorough HTML email support, both for viewing and composing. It lacks some common features in other email services, such as a choice of spam filter level, the ability to trash messages easily and also doesn't work well (works only in plain HTML mode) with Opera and other older browsers.
Also there have been 2 privacy issues raised with Gmail. Firstly, the unobtrusive and generally clean looking ads on the right of most pages are contextual. This means these ads are generated based on page content, or in this case email content. Therefore everytime you view an email, you're email content is analyzed and then converted into ads for Google's revenue. According to Google, this is all done by robots not humans, and therefore the email is never read by any humans, but none the less, many users get freaked out when they see their email posted in ad-form on the right of the screen.
The other privacy issue is that of trashed messages. With 1GB of space, Gmail encourages users not to delete read messages, but only to archive them for later viewing. If a user decides to trash a message anyway, their is a clause in the Gmail privacy policy which causes some dispute. The clause states that after deletion of an email, Google can keep it in storage for as long as it wishes. Therefore, when you trash a message and expect it to be gone forever, it could be just simply sitting on a Google server, waiting to be accessed by unauthorized users.
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their ac
REASONS TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES1. Boundaries help you define who are and who you are not.2. You need boundaries in order to be, and to be you.3. You set boundaries by stopping others’ behavior.4. You care about yourself by setting boundaries.You cannot grow without boundaries. Boundaries are about what others CANNOT do to you or around you. Examples of what to teach others NOT to do around you: being rude or disrespectful; raising their voice to you; consistently canceling an appointment with you at the last minute; always being late; gossiping; speaking in negative stereotypes; or clients/customers paying late or not showing up for appointments.WHEN YOU HAVE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES:• Fear diminishes, trust increases• You have willing, healthy relationships, re
Personally, I love Gmail. It's got a clean and fast interface, with very easy to use features. It's storage is great, but few users will ever use even half of the space. It's spam filters are good, but I would have to say Hotmail did a better job. POP and IMAP access are now available, as well as email forwading.
But even Gmail has its cons. It lacks thorough HTML email support, both for viewing and composing. It lacks some common features in other email services, such as a choice of spam filter level, the ability to trash messages easily and also doesn't work well (works only in plain HTML mode) with Opera and other older browsers.
Also there have been 2 privacy issues raised with Gmail. Firstly, the unobtrusive and generally clean looking ads on the right of most pages are contextual. This means these ads are generated based on page content, or in this case email content. Therefore everytime you view an email, you're email content is analyzed and then converted into ads for Google's revenue. According to Google, this is all done by robots not humans, and therefore the email is never read by any humans, but none the less, many users get freaked out when they see their email posted in ad-form on the right of the screen.
The other privacy issue is that of trashed messages. With 1GB of space, Gmail encourages users not to delete read messages, but only to archive them for later viewing. If a user decides to trash a message anyway, their is a clause in the Gmail privacy policy which causes some dispute. The clause states that after deletion of an email, Google can keep it in storage for as long as it wishes. Therefore, when you trash a message and expect it to be gone forever, it could be just simply sitting on a Google server, waiting to be accessed by unauthorized users.
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their ac
If you have ever had a job where you had to make cold calls you know how unpleasant they can be. Cold calling is calling someone that you have never spoken with before to present them with something that you want for them to do. It is cold because the perception is that you as the salesperson want nothing but to get what you want out of the person that you are calling. The person on the other end of the line usually sees this call not as a warm and fuzzy feel-good chat, but a harsh and strictly business driven sales scheme.Everyone knows that as a sales person, it is not your intent to annoy and disturb the people that you call (although it may seem that way at times). You are just trying to make a living. So to help you out here are 5 tips to make cold calling easier for you.Do your homework Some co
The other privacy issue is that of trashed messages. With 1GB of space, Gmail encourages users not to delete read messages, but only to archive them for later viewing. If a user decides to trash a message anyway, their is a clause in the Gmail privacy policy which causes some dispute. The clause states that after deletion of an email, Google can keep it in storage for as long as it wishes. Therefore, when you trash a message and expect it to be gone forever, it could be just simply sitting on a Google server, waiting to be accessed by unauthorized users.
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their ac
In the first part of Chapter 1 of Sun Zi Art of War, it was mentioned that going to war is of vital importance to the state, because it can determine whether it survives or not and also whether it will prosper or be destroyed. There is no in between. Since the stakes are high, initial planning and assessment are critical.So which area should the ruler look at before deciding to go to war? Sun Zi proposed these five main areas and they are broken down into seven sub areas.We can see from the writings that Sun Zi is a very meticulous person because he broke the five points down to the dimensions that one should look out for. For example, he broke down the terrain into whether it is high or low, near or far, wide plains or narrow paths, treacherous or accessible or the weather is broke down into cold or hot,
Many are linking Gmail with selling your soul to the devil. Will you fall into a 1GB storage temptation to sell your privacy? Well I personally don't believe these privacy allegations, but you have to make up your own mind.
Also please let me tell you that as of April 1, 2005, Google upgraded all email accounts to 2GB storage, and as a added gimmick, that amount is constantly growing at approximately 3.5 MB a day (this rate constantly changes). As of the 6th of August, 2005, the size of all Gmail accounts was at 2465 MB.
Since Gmail is currently in invitation-only beta, if you would like to join, please use this Gmail Invite Request Form and I will happily send you an invitation.
Yahoo Mail -
Yahoo Mail is currently the 2nd largest email provider in the world, just behind Hotmail. Before Gmail was introduced, it gave 4MB of space to free users, double what Hotmail offered. To compete with Google's Gmail, Yahoo has now increased their email capacity to a massive 1GB. Of course, since Gmail increased their accounts to 2GB, Yahoo is still 2nd to the new email giant.
Ignoring storage space for a while, Yahoo Mail is a pretty robust email service. It's ads are considerably smaller and less obtrusive than Hotmail's, and is not contextual like Gmail's. It's interface is slower than Gmail's and around the same speed as that of Hotmail. It has very good spam and virus filters, and also works great with other Yahoo products such as Yahoo Messenger. Also when you sign up for Yahoo Mail, your Yahoo ID can be used for practically everything else Yahoo.
It has very few cons as well. The ads are sometimes flashy and your pages might load slower because of them but that's the only real downside. So maybe Yahoo is your email service choice.
Conclusion -
Even if some of you want me to, I will not blatantly state the best email service here. This is because I don't believe there is such thing as the *best* when it comes to email services. I personally like Gmail, but there are millions out there that would disagree with me. Some people love the simplicity of Gmail, the support of Hotmail or the great spam filters of Yahoo. You have to make a choice based on your liking and your needs. So go ahead and find out for youself what email service is best for you.
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