Yahoo Ups Mail to Match Google's Gig

Bruce Young writes "Yahoo said late Tuesday that it will provide 1 gigabyte of storage for each free e-mail account. The current limit is 250 megabytes. The expanded storage which will be available in mid-April will enable Yahoo to catch up with online search engine leader Google. "

Comments

Yahoo vs Google?

[davidmcg]

Yahoo have apparently denied that it is trying to beat Google at it's own game but said that it reflected the way subscribers are using email...umm, sure...we believe you..

No more sticks?

[Diakoneo]

GMAIL and Yahoo! mail have so much storage, I hear people are giving up on carrying around USB sticks and just using HTTP mail. I haven't heard of any security breaches where someone has had access to any appreciable number of files stored on their sites, but I suppose it's just a matter of time.

Yahoo File System?

[Robotech_Master]

Wonder if the fellow who wrote the Gmail File System will do an adaptation...

This news means more than you think

[the_mutha]

The fact that is has taken Yahoo this long to play catch-up says a lot more than we may initially think. Many argue that the secret to Google's success is its highly adaptable and powerfull hardware architecture. They can increase their storage capacity very quickly just by adding more machines to its cluster. Yahoo has nowhere near the same adaptability as Google.

Re:Failure is imminent.

[dsginter]

They still won't be as good as Google.. stop trying!

I disagree from a business perspective.

Lots of people will stay with yahoo mail because it is difficult to switch. If there is no benefit, then there is little reason to make the switch in the first place.

Competition is good. Now, they will start competing on other features and the consumer wins in the end.

Google catch-up TODO list

[DogDude]

In order for me to consider GMail, here are a few things that I need:

• Fully integrated address book that synchronizes with Outlook and PDA's
• Fully integrated calendar that synchronizes with Outlook and PDA's and that can send my cell phone/pager alerts and reminders
• A generica area for storing files that have nothing to do with email (Yahoo's Briefcase)
• Personalized weather, news, stock information, music station, movie listings, etc.
• Integrated messenger
• Integrated message boards (Yahoo Groups)
• Ability to make my own customized web page that accesses all of the above information
• NOT data mine my email
  • 
    And that's just a start.

Size doesn't matter

[jbarr]

It's the functionality. To me, Gmail is more "stealthy" in its approach. It's just slick, fast, and doesn't force itself on me. "Labels" are truely innovative and implemented very well. "Search" is extremely flexible and useful. It is these features that help leverage the 1GB of storage into a really great tool.

Now, I admit that Yahoo does offer a very nice email service, and its features are very complete, but I simply cannot stand the ads. Gmail's unobtrusive ads are far better from a user's perspective.

Now, if Google would only fix their damned Forward function. If I receive a Rich Tect formatted or HTML formatted email, Gmail WILL NOT FORWARD IT without mangling the formatting (ie: it only forwards plain text.) This single problem prevents me from recommending Gmail to less-than-tech-savvy people, and unfortunatly, complaints and suggestions have fallen on deaf ears....

-Jim
GmailTips.com