On Friday 27 August 2004 12:31 pm, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:11:54PM -0600, Grant Robinson wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > > >On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:12:27 -0600, Daniel Crookston > > > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I've got 5 gmail invites if anyone wants them. Reply off-list with > > >>your > > >>email address and I'll send you the invite. > > > > > >I had 6 invites yesterday, but only have 5 today. I guess it's > > >use-em-or-lose-em. I'll give away 3 today if anyone wants one. Email > > >me off-list. > > > > That was quick. Only had a GMail account for a day, and I already > > have invites. I have 4 to give away, if anyone would like one. I > > will take you in the order I receive your email, and I will post > > back to the list when they are gone. Good Luck, and start > > typing. :) > > Is it just me, or has Google pulled a fantastic marketing move with > this whole ``invite'' model? > ... > From a more technical standpoint, it also helps throttle the stream of > new account creations, which helps spread the load on Google's servers > over a longer period of time.
Don't forget, they also now have an easy web/link identifying relationships. That's sure gotta be a powerful tool when targeting ads. (your wife just complained to a friend about you missing an important day, click here to send flowers from the correct date). Which of course means more $$$. -- -- Jayce^
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