It’s been a great 10 years for Gmail, and I am looking forward to many more years staying with Gmail.
Gmail was not the first email service out there, before Gmail, there were the more popular email services like YahooMail and Hotmail. But how did Gmail dominated the email platform?
For me it’s because of the 3 things that made Gmail to the top:
- Search
- Storage
- Innovative add ons
Gmail’s search was a revelation. Having the power of Google’s Web search in your inbox not only made life easier, but it legitimately saved time. In my years of using Gmail, I always use their search function, it’s so easy to use that sometime you don’t need to label your emails anymore.
With the generous amount of storage they offer for free in the early stages no one was able to keep up with their free storage.
Gmail didn’t just cruise on the momentum of having a game changing product. Gmail maintained its status as the most innovative even after attaining monolithic status. Google’s chat, calendar and productivity apps began as part of Gmail. In the days before Android, Chrome and apps, Gmail was the intersection for all things Google — even more than the search engine itself.
