Were always exploring ways to improve Webmail, and provide deeper engagement through a more social, relevant and useful Yahoo!

Mail experience.At the time of that discussion, Gmail was on pace to surpass Hotmail by the end of the year, and InformationWeek predicted that Gmail could even overtake Yahoo Mail by the end of 2011. A few months ago Gmail made it easier to import email and contacts from other providers like Yahoo and Hotmail. This was Googles way of luring users to start Gmail accounts without having to abandon their existing accounts.