Survey: Most Prefer Yahoo!

RadioJoe · Jan 23, 2010

While this is not a scientific poll, I found this interesting.

In a recent Polldaddy survey - when asked "Which is your preferred E-Mail Service provider ?" most prefer Yahoo! over other web based online e-mail accounts.

Hotmail 14%
Yahoo 53%
Gmail 25%
AOL 1%
Other 8%

Total Votes: 7,930

Overall, I like the simplicity of Gmail. Frequently, I have used the documents feature in Gmail. As for Yahoo!, I really like the 'Notepad' feature. Hotmail/Live.com always seemed bloated and slow.

I have accounts with Hotmail, Live.com, Yahoo!, Gmail, GMX. With some services I have multiple accounts.

What do use and why?

noobvious · Jan 23, 2010

I use Yahoo, mainly out of familiarity. I went about 5 years without computer access, but before that I had a Yahoo account. So when I rejoined civilization about a year and a half ago, I went with what I already knew.

JordanJP · Jan 23, 2010

for me Gmail is King !

NinaJay · Jan 23, 2010

I signed up to hotmail about 14 years ago. It was the 'one to use' back then. I signed up for a yahoo account about 4 years ago. Used it once and I couldn't even tell you what it is now.

pezzonovante · Jan 24, 2010

Hotmail FTW

macgyver2 · Jan 24, 2010

I use a live.com account cause it's part of my old web site that I have had for 3 years and don't use.

Capt.Jack Sparrow · Jan 24, 2010

I like Gmail & Live because it allows POP3 .. We have to pay Yahoo to configure with Outlook (i think)

stormy13 · Jan 24, 2010

One reason for Yahoo being as high as it is, how many ISP's are in a licensing agreement with Yahoo for their mail and other services (AT&T, Rogers Cable, etc)? With most people that use a computer not knowing much more than where the power button is, it's no surprise that they would use Yahoo just because it "comes" with the internet account.

Joan Archer · Jan 24, 2010

A lot depends on what I'm doing, newsgroup replies are usually Hotmail, newsletters and some other things are gmail, forums are my secondary email account, there are some you can't sign up to with either Hotmail or gmail.

I do have a Yahoo account but don't use it, it's one I had to set up when finding my first cross stitch sites through Yahoo Groups.
And of course when you go with BT they think you are going to be BT/Yahoo.

CarlTR6 · Jan 24, 2010

I began using Hotmail years ago and I ahve never changed. I don't use it frequently, though. I mainly use it to avoid spam to my main account.

V3xar · Jan 24, 2010

I use Gmail, mainly because of the built in translator.

I get a lot of foreign language mails and can translate them with a single click.

.

DocBrown · Jan 24, 2010

I use all the different email accounts for testing & comparison.

Hotmail & Live
Yahoo
Gmail
AOL
Cable Company's issued email address

I use different ones for personal, business, Forums, Junk & Spam, eBay & Paypal.
That way it keeps the emails sorted into categories, and does not over load just one account with too much unrelated stuff.

Your Friend in 7ime,

" Doc "

myzr7 · Jan 24, 2010

live.com- hotmail I like the way it handles sending pictures of the kids to my mother.

Lordbob75 · Jan 24, 2010

I have a hotmail account, live account, Yahoo account, and a GMail account.

I only use my GMail account. I HATE the way the other ones work.

~Lordbob

TheAmazingCorey · Jan 24, 2010

I'm all about the GMail. I got an account when it first went into beta and have had an account since. I do keep a yahoo account and a hotmail account just so I can use msn messenger and yahoo messenger. But for mail I use Gmail.

valtonray · Jan 24, 2010

hotmail for my primary email account. it's nice knowing i've had the same email since the 90's and longer than the majority have had internet and it's still not filled with spam.

NinaJay · Jan 25, 2010

valtonray said:
hotmail for my primary email account. it's nice knowing i've had the same email since the 90's and longer than the majority have had internet and it's still not filled with spam.

+1

tuckeratlarge · Jan 25, 2010

I use Gmail now as my only mail client. I have Hotmail, Yahoo and my own domain email addresses plus the one provided to me by Virgin (when they migrate ntlworld addresses to gmail I might use it). I aggregate them all to my Gmail.

Hotmail was registered in 2000 and because it was a bit crap then I never used the web-ui, still don't even though it's better now. Yahoo was only because I had "geocities" and latterly "Flickr" accounts and I got the email thrown in.

I used to use email clients, Outlook Express->Outlook->Incredimail->Outlook and then Thunderbird. But due to a balls up whilst changing computers I figured I'd use Gmail until I got sorted out with Thunderbird again. However I never bothered.

Anything important gets backed up to my Hotmail account - just in case.

To me 'cloud' email is easier to look at from anywhere in the world. I can access all my accounts from anywhere, it's just easier to remember one accounts details.

sambalayne · Jan 25, 2010

if i had to use any of those i would use yahoo. but thankfully i dont. i have a @idolizingreason.com email address

Fantail · Jan 25, 2010

Had to say Gmail. Use it with live mail, works ok and I have a few calendars.

What I didn't like was setting imap with live from a cpanel host. I guess it's not to bad once you figgure out exactly which folder/options to use.

Survey: Most Prefer Yahoo!

Which is your preferred E-Mail Service provider?

Hotmail

Yahoo

Gmail

AOL

Other

amateur geek

My Computer

R.I.P. June 2nd 2014

My Computer

New member

My Computer

better days ahead

My Computer

New member

My Computer

New member

My Computer

Crash Dump Analyst

My Computer

OutTooLunch

My Computer

RIP 26/3/2023 Gadget Mad Granny

My Computer

Antique Senior Member

My Computer

New member

My Computer

Crazy Scientific Senior

My Computer

MIA

My Computer

Computer Voodooist

My Computer

New member

My Computer

My Google-Fu is strong.

My Computer

better days ahead

My Computer

New member

My Computer

New member

My Computer

New member

My Computer