Report: MySpace to Launch Email Service
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: MySpace, Email, Webmail | Themes: Business, The Internet
TechCrunch today reports that MySpace is building a fully functional webmail product. Citing sources “with knowledge of the product,” the site reports that MySpace mail will be aimed at competing with the likes of Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. Not only that but once launched, MySpace mail will be the third largest webmail provider.
We’d like to say we saw this coming but, we really didn’t. The whole MySpace madness has subsided considerably. With Facebook gaining fast, it makes sense for MySpace to try something new. We’re just not all that sure that this will is enough for that extra boost.
That said, the way it's going about it, MySpace mail could actually see some use. According to TechCrunch, all MySpace users will be provided with a MySpace email address and while it’s not clear whether or not the username@myspace.com system will use the name you register with or your screen name, people are always more likely to use a service they don’t have to re-register for. Given that MySpace has 122 million active users, this would put the company in third place in the list of top webmail providors.
Apparently TC first got wind of the idea when the social networking site started moving employee email addresses from @myspace.com to @myspace-inc.com, something Yahoo! did in '97 when it was launching Yahoo! mail. What do you think about MySpace mail? Do you think it would see much use or do you think people will stick to Gmail or Hotmail?
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they should do that, myspace is just a mess compared to facebook's simplicity and quality. i hope myspace limit user freedom in customizing pages, most pages i see there are horrible and with lots of spam.
it will have use, there is always new to internet users and myspace users, which, most are of the teen and younger audience.
i am expecting to see myspace mail features focused on that group since yahoo mail and gmail already caters to the working and professional or simply, the adults.
Then I bet Facebook might counter that with Facebook Mail. Heck, Facebook's internal mailing system already is simple but sophisticated enough to replace email.
I'll keep using my Facebook and GMail for the foreseeable future.
Great idea! Maybe I will hear less about these emo myspace users when they go under after all the anger from the plethora of ads/spam.
NICE ONE