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		ChrisRR on Feb 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What made your business take off that you ... Gmail didn't just offer 1GB, it also offered the ability to search through emails which I don't think any free service allowed you to at the time In 2004 that was pretty amazing

marcosdumay on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

Yahoo had search. The Gmail one worked a bit better, mostly because you could automatically tag things, but it was not unheard of.

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