The following blog post is not endorsed by any political party; Democrat, Republic or Liebermanic (center). In fact, this has absolutely nothing to do with politics.
This post is dedicated to all the Gmail users out there. Those who publicly acknowledged using Google for email and those who prefer to keep this information under wraps (Terry Semel, we know you probably use Gmail. We don’t blame you.)
Gmail is a hot email provider. I vouch for it. I love all the room and the archive feature. Thanks to Google search, I am able to archive all my emails and then search for a specific topic at a later date.
There is however a hiccup in the Gmail enabled search feature. What is it? I tell you. The search queries are not nearly as sensitive as a typical Google search. Particularly, Gmail does not offer alternative spellings. So for example, if I am searching something from my Gmail archives, unless the spelling is exact, I have a hard time locating the archived email of my affection.
Whereas a regular Google search is sensitive to misspellings (and misgivings). Gmail is not. The problem is that when using Gmail, I often assume that by archiving my emails, it will be a cinch tracking it down in the future with Gmail search. This unfortunately is not true.
While Gmail does allow you to search, the functionality are nowhere as comprehensive as a typical Google search. What is the solution? Simple. All Google has to do is adopt the same search parameters they use for their standard Google searches and import this into Gmail.
If you are a loved one work for Google, can you please pass along this suggestion to the Gmail folks? Thanks!