Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'gmail'

Update: At 6:30pm (EST), over one hour after the first reports of Gmail going down, A Google rep announced that Google has finally figured out the issue and it should be fixed shortly. For more information, see the update below....

Posted on August 11, 2008 6:00 PM

Google's SMTP server, smtp.gmail.com, has just expired a couple minutes ago. Here is the SSL certificate expiration notice: It appears Google has forgotten to renew the certificate, even thought a Google Groups post had a warning to Google that it...

Posted on July 29, 2008 1:14 PM

Gmail users can now take advantage of a lot of cool new features (all experimental) in the new Gmail Labs offering. Log onto your account, click Settings, and you'll see a link to the new Labs with a lot of...

Posted on June 11, 2008 9:20 AM

A WebmasterWorld member discusses an interesting scenario regarding Google's requirement to have you log into your Google account when you access any service tied to Google. For example, if you have a Gmail account, you're likely also posting onto Google...

Posted on April 23, 2008 7:38 AM

If you rely on Google's email server, be it Gmail or Google Apps, you may have noticed a major issue with connecting via the IMAP server. As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google's IMAP server seemed to black out,...

Posted on April 16, 2008 4:32 PM

Yesterday, one of my Google Apps for my Domain accounts was down for several hours. It eventually came up but it looks like some other Gmail folks aren't as fortunate. A Google Groups thread has several members complaining that they...

Posted on March 25, 2008 9:35 AM

Over the weekend, we have received reports via Google Groups that many Gmail users are having issues logging in to Gmail to check their emails. Many of these users are receiving 502 Errors on their login attempts. Gmail Guide has...

Posted on February 18, 2008 7:24 AM

Gmail has become an extremely popular email system and due to the vast demand, Google has decided to add four more Gmail Reps to the Google Groups help area. Gmail Guide wrote in a Google Groups thread that Google will...

Posted on February 15, 2008 7:41 AM

A Google Groups thread reports and confirms there is a major issue when trying to login to Gmail with Internet Explorer 7. Users with IE7 who try to access their Gmail email are seeing blank login screens, preventing them from...

Posted on January 16, 2008 7:42 AM

Moderator, Discovery at Search Engine Watch Forums received an email from Google on how to block his ads from being displayed on Google's Gmail. By default, most, if not all, emails you received contain ads along the side that are...

Posted on January 16, 2008 6:47 AM

If you login to your Gmail account and scroll to the bottom of the page, you may notice that your Gmail capacity is now above 6GB. Mine looks like this: In fact, it is exactly 6.020702 GB at the time...

Posted on December 25, 2007 8:36 AM

Barry Welford at Cre8asite Forums stumbled upon a post by Rich Tehrani where Gmail has a feature that translates words on the fly for you, which is especially helpful if you're reading an email within Gmail and need to look...

Posted on December 20, 2007 9:14 AM

If you have been logged onto Gmail in the last day or so, you might have seen a link where you can share your Gmail story. That's right. Google is looking for you to share your stories on how you...

Posted on December 11, 2007 9:58 AM

A Google Groups thread is tracking a major problem for hundreds of Gmail users. Many users were noticing that their Gmail accounts were all of a sudden disabled. Google has documentation on why an account would be disabled and what...

Posted on December 10, 2007 7:57 AM

If you subscribe to Google Groups via email and have noticed any latency regarding the receipt of your emails, be advised that the problem is now fixed. How do you subscribe via email to Google Groups? Simply click "Join this...

Posted on November 27, 2007 8:09 AM

Have you checked how much space your Gmail account is using lately? Well, if you haven't, it's at 5053MB right now and surpassed the 5GB mark over the weekend. Pretty sweet, eh? Forum members think so too, but oddly enough,...

Posted on November 19, 2007 9:05 AM

Are you using Gmail and are being redirected to basic HTML? Google wants to know if you've been afflicted by this new bug -- they acknowledge the problem -- and they want you to provide some insight for them to...

Posted on November 16, 2007 9:45 AM

It isn't quite a 2.0 release as some blogs claim, as there isn't anything substantial besides speed improvements, a new Contacts form, and a different drop down menu for "More Actions," but Gmail has been updated. If you don't notice...

Posted on November 1, 2007 9:48 AM

About a week ago, Google announced that they have added the IMAP protocol to Gmail. Google said they would be rolling "out the feature over the next couple of days." It has now been 6 days since the announcement and...

Posted on October 30, 2007 7:25 AM

In case you've been living under a rock for the last few days, Gmail has now begun to support IMAP as indicated by the screenshot below: Google announced the feature yesterday. This will make life easier for all users who...

Posted on October 25, 2007 9:07 AM

As many people reported within the blogosphere two weeks ago via Googlified, Gmail has had an increase in storage and is over 4GB whereas it was less than 3GB earlier this month. As of this writing, my Gmail capacity is...

Posted on October 23, 2007 8:42 AM

Do you think that Gmail is lacking in functionality? With millions of users, many people might seem to disagree (but they'd like folder functionality!) However, since Google hasn't innovated with Gmail anytime recently, there's likely to be a brand new...

Posted on September 24, 2007 9:28 AM

As announced last week on Search Engine Land and the Google Blog, the company is now selling additional storage options for Gmail, Picasa, and other Google properties such as Docs & Spreadsheets. When you reach the limit of free storage...

Posted on August 13, 2007 8:50 AM

digg_url='http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/014377.html'; There are several threads over at the Google Groups Gmail Discussion forum discussing how their accounts have been hacked into. Here is one and here is an an other thread with some of the reports. Many people, when...

Posted on August 3, 2007 8:01 AM

Over at Google Groups, Gmail Guide has announced that Google is seeking videos that show how email travels from one end of the world to another. They have provided a cute video here: The deadline to participate in this video...

Posted on July 30, 2007 9:34 AM

The Gmail blog has announced a competition: design the new Gmail T-shirt and win a prize. The chosen designer will score some awesome toys that even I would be jealous of: An 8GB iPhone A Jawbone bluetooth headset A $400...

Posted on July 18, 2007 10:32 AM

Earlier this week, Google lost a lawsuit against a German trademark holder, Daniel Giersch, which bars the search engine giant from using its trademark in that country. As Barry reports, similar restrictions are in effect in the United Kingdom and...

Posted on July 6, 2007 9:29 AM

digg_url='http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/013645.html'; When a person passes away, sensitive information might reside on a Gmail account. How can a family get access to this information if necessary? This question is raised in a Google Groups thread. According to Gmail Guide, the...

Posted on May 30, 2007 8:49 AM

Google Reader has made a few improvements to their email feature. Now when you see an article or story in Google Reader that you want to share with a non-RSS user friend, you can click the email button and it...

Posted on May 3, 2007 8:22 AM

According to a Google Groups thread, Google accidentally deactivated a batch of email accounts. Gmail Guide of Google writes in to inform the community of the issue: We have been actively investigating a batch of accounts that were accidentally disabled...

Posted on April 19, 2007 9:50 AM

Reports come from Google Groups that Yahoo! Group emails are not being delivered to Gmail users. The first post came in March 16th and said: I haven't been getting all my mail from my Yahoo groups. They're not bouncing just...

Posted on March 20, 2007 7:55 AM

Via a DigitalPoint Forums thread a user points to his blog post that says he spotted an ad on this page for Gmail that is in the form of a video ad. As you can see from the screen capture,...

Posted on February 27, 2007 7:34 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread asks how true is it that Gmail shows ads based on the content of the email. Well, it is very true. That is their goal and that was the big stink when they launched....

Posted on February 21, 2007 7:20 AM

Lots of buzz over the weekend on Google trying to strong arm a group of Polish Poets over the domain name gmail.pl. A news article named Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl writes: Google has launched legal action against a...

Posted on February 19, 2007 7:19 AM

Like I reported at Search Engine Land yesterday, Gmail Now Public Beta, Open To All. That is right, you no longer need an invite to get a Gmail account. Which rocks, people can stop leaving me comments for a Gmail...

Posted on February 8, 2007 7:45 AM

Yesterday, I reported at Search Engine Land that Google Officially Adds Docs & Spreadsheets Integration With Gmail, based on Google's announcement. I wanted to be clear that it does support Microsoft Word and Excel documents, so I have been tracking...

Posted on January 31, 2007 8:30 AM

The Gmail What's New section talks about four new features released after Google released the Gmail Mobile Client. The new features include: Reply on top, which looks like: Updated email conversation notification Ever replied to a message only to find...

Posted on November 10, 2006 8:28 AM

Yesterday Google announced Gmail Mobile Client, where you go to http://gmail.com/app on your mobile device and it detects the necessary software to install on that device. So the first thing I did was try it out on my Treo 700p....

Posted on November 3, 2006 6:59 AM

A great thread at DigitalPoint Forums asks member to post what is "Google best unknown feature." There aren't too many posts yet, but pretty much all the answers are unique. Answers include: Google Alerts Google Spreadsheets GMail GTalk Googles Webmaster...

Posted on October 20, 2006 7:38 AM