Gmail doubles its capacity

[Zaaphod]

For those of you who like lots of email space:<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'><b>Google Doubling Storage on Free E-Mail Service</b></span><br><br>Published: April 2, 2005<br><br>By Bloomberg News<br><br>Google Inc., the Internet search engine company, is doubling the amount of storage offered on its e-mail service and plans to remove limits on message capacity as it competes for users with Yahoo Inc.<br><br>Users of Google's service will be able to store two gigabytes of e-mail messages, double the storage previously offered, the director of the company's e-mail group, Georges Harik, said. One gigabyte, or 1,024 megabytes, is roughly equivalent to the content in 32 feet of shelves filled with books.<br><br>Google will continue to increase e-mail storage in the next few weeks. It introduced its service, Gmail, a year ago and it has become the fourth-most-visited e-mail service on the Web. Gmail allows users to search through messages using keywords and links advertisements to the contents of e-mail messages.<br><br>Yahoo said last week that it would quadruple the amount of e-mail storage it offers, to one gigabyte.<br><br>"It gives Google yet another one-up over the competitors," said Danny Sullivan, the editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, a JupiterMedia Corporation Web site that tracks the industry. "The more you've got stored on Google, the less likely you are to go anywhere else."<br><br>Yahoo's e-mail service was the Web's most popular in February, with 40.5 million visitors, according to New York-based NetRatings, which tracks Web use. America Online e-mail was second, with 34.6 million, and MSN from Microsoft was third, with 28.4 million.<br><br>"We want to move away from a fixed amount of storage," Mr. Harik said. "People have been asking us what happens when we reach the one gigabyte limit."<br><br>Karen Mahon, a Yahoo spokeswoman, said, "For many e-mail users, anything beyond one gigabyte is just a number."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->

[NHJ BV]

I'm almost at 2GB, it's at 2013 MB or something.

[Gizensha]

They've broken the two gig barrier, I'm at 2050MB.<br><br>(and I started to feel like I was using the space when I got to 1% before they increased it....)

[Richard K Niner]

It's all part of their Infinity+1 storage plan...<br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Dr. Doog]

heh, that was a pretty good april fools joke, the infinity+1 thing.<br><br><a href='https://www.google.com/accounts/Service ... wyze&hl=en' target='_blank'>https://www.google.com/accounts/Service ... e&hl=en</a>