At 20:17 on Monday, 30 Aug 2004, Jeff Wilhelm wrote: > I really do think the Google "brand" is at play here -- the search > engine is > awesome of course, and the lack of advertizing (blatant banner ads at > least) > is a draw... Of course it's about branding - compare how you feel about a person using a hotmail address compared to someone using a gmail address, who, until recently and most likely still is, a "connected person" due to the invite only policy. get yours here: http://wiki.workalone.co.uk/index.php?page=GmailWantedList -- listening to: background noise http://wiki.workalone.co.uk http://www.xebit.net