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Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by checoivan »

yashchandra wrote: post #11

I have a hotmail account but i have not used it for years since gmail. So technically am I a user of hotmail ?

If you don't login, it's not counted. If you don't log in for over a year then the account would be deleted.

Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by elteto »

Retric wrote: post #6
DavidAdams wrote: post #4

From the article: "Microsoft's Hotmail was the most popular Internet-based email service globally as of May, with about 325 million unique visitors. Yahoo's service ranked second, with roughly 298 million users, while Google's Gmail garnered about 289 million users." Notice the problem here? Maybe it's just an error on the part of the author, but if they're comparing "unique visitors" of hotmail.com to the published…

I have both a gmail and hotmail accounts and I use Hotmail because it works, gets less spam, and I think google knows enough about me as it stands. Gmail does have a nicer interface but that's about it IMO.

Does it really matter the amount of spam you get if you never see it? I have used GMail exclusively since it came out and I can't remember the last time I saw spam on my inbox. Also I have never had a problem with GMail wrongly classifying a legit email as spam.

I can see the desire to avoid putting more info in Google's servers as a reason to avoid GMail, but in the end you are just trading one mega-corp for another, it's all the same. And Gmail just works too.

Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by adventureful »

Retric wrote: post #6
DavidAdams wrote: post #4

From the article: "Microsoft's Hotmail was the most popular Internet-based email service globally as of May, with about 325 million unique visitors. Yahoo's service ranked second, with roughly 298 million users, while Google's Gmail garnered about 289 million users." Notice the problem here? Maybe it's just an error on the part of the author, but if they're comparing "unique visitors" of hotmail.com to the published…

I have both a gmail and hotmail accounts and I use Hotmail because it works, gets less spam, and I think google knows enough about me as it stands. Gmail does have a nicer interface but that's about it IMO.

That seems strange. I've had a gmail account since the first open days of the beta in 2004, and never get spam in my inbox. Their spam filtering works extraordinarily well for me.

Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by crazygringo »

DavidAdams wrote: post #4

From the article: "Microsoft's Hotmail was the most popular Internet-based email service globally as of May, with about 325 million unique visitors. Yahoo's service ranked second, with roughly 298 million users, while Google's Gmail garnered about 289 million users." Notice the problem here? Maybe it's just an error on the part of the author, but if they're comparing "unique visitors" of hotmail.com to the published…

I would assume the author is using "user" as a way not to repeat "unique visitor" three times -- I mean, this is all in the context of comScore data, so it seems pretty obvious.

Also, I assume you won't be counted, because comScore is probably not counting mail protocol connections, but rather actual website visits. A POP3 connection wouldn't count as a "unique visitor" in my book.

So the article's data is probably fine.

Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by degenerate »

rodolphoarruda wrote: post #10

We recently ran a pilot with some students from our 13 thousand student base. Our reports show: 69% Hotmail; 13% Yahoo!; 10% Gmail.

I'm glad I don't live where you do. Seriously. I would hate to be surrounded by that many people who don't know how to look past their nose.

Re: Whoa: It's 2012, and the World's Most Popular Email Service Is ... Hotmail

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Post by kristopolous »

I haven't been to that site in probably 15 years. This is about what I think of: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o1MzQ-TV5SU/SIk8yBmT1ZI/AAAAAAAAEM...

The red logo, a lot of blue over the right half of the screen and I could have sworn that the login was on the left hand side, that's how I remember it.

This is the hotmail that is basically, burned into my memory until my death: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2006/1997-hotmail.jpg

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