Google Mail (or Gmail) is really useful. It’s free. It’s powerful. It’s heavy (with features of course). It’s free from banner ads and ads within signature. I’m sharing top 10 Gmail features, tips & tricks which will enhance your Google Mail experience.

Gmail Features, Tips & Tricks You Probably Don’t Know

1. Your single Gmail account = Unlimited E-mail IDs

Let’s say my registered Gmail ID is maheshone@gmail.com.

Since Gmail doesn’t recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they’ll all go to your inbox, and only yours. In short:

maheshone@gmail.com = m.a.h.e.s.h.o.n.e@gmai.com

maheshone@gmail.com = mahesh.one@gmail.com

maheshone@gmail.com = m.aheshone@gmai..com

As you can see all the above addresses belong to the same person. You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. You’ll still go to your account.

That’s not all.

maheshone@gmail.com = maheshone@googlemail.com

maheshone@gmail.com = mahesh.one@googlemail.com

Since googlemail.com is Google’s email domain for users in the United Kingdom and Germany, so if you register your username @gmail.com, it becomes unavailable in @googlemail.com as well.

Gmail Plus Addressing

Append a plus ("+") sign and any combination of words or numbers after your email address. For example, I can use the ID maheshone+twitter@gmail.com to Sign Up for Twitter and use maheshone+facebook@gmail.com to Sign Up for Facebook. So now you virtually have unlimited email IDs.

2. Catch the spammers using the “Plus Addressing”

Now, I can find out who is spamming me. You can really find out who is spamming you. Next time when you join a newsletter use youremail+newlettername@gmail.com. So that in case you’re receiving lot of spam to that ID you can create a filter to auto delete those mails.

3. Sign Out Remotely

With Gmail you can now track your recent sessions and can also sign out remotely. Click on the “Details” link present at the bottom right corner of your Gmail inbox.

4. Embed images instead of attaching them

Enable “Inserting images“ lab feature and it allows you to insert images directly into a message body. Now you can upload an image from your PC or insert images by URLs by clicking on the “Insert Image” icon located right next to emotion icon in the “Compose Mail” page. Even if you have not enabled this lab feature you can still copy paste images directly to your Gmail body.

5. Undo Send

Enable “Undo Send” lab and it gives you up to 30 seconds to undo the sent mail.

6. Grant access to your account

You can delegate access to your Gmail to another Google account holder. This person will be able to sign in to your account to read, delete and send mail on your behalf. They will not be able to change your account settings or your password.

7. Sender Time Zone

Enable “Sender Time Zone” lab and you’ll see green phone icons next to people who are probably awake and readily reachable (if it’s between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM in the sender’s local time zone) and red ones next to those who could be sleeping or out of the office.

8. Message Sneak Peek

Enable “Message Sneak Peek” lab and it allows you to preview messages to get a glimpse on what they contain and maybe take immediate action without actually opening them. After you turn it on, right-clicking on a line in your inbox and it shows a preview pane with the message in it.

9. Mark as Read Button

Tired of spending all that effort to click on the “More” actions menu every time you want to mark message(s) as read without reading them? Enable “Mark as Read Button” labs feature and that is just a button click away!

10. Canned Responses

If you’re lazy just like me then “Canned Responses” is just for you and me. E-mail for the truly lazy. Now save and then send your common messages using a button next to the compose form. Or else automate those process by utilizing Gmail filters.

Is your Gmail account compromised?

I’ve already discussed about how to secure your Gmail account from hacking. But it’s all about keeping your account safe by using a strong password, enabling two step verification and other method(s). But what if your Gmail account is hacked (or compromised)? The hacked would have already changed the password, security question & answer, mobile number associated with the account. So you can’t recover your Gmail using those primary account recovery methods.

But wait! Google allows you to recover your Google account using Knowledge Test process. All you need to do is answer few questions as thoroughly and accurately as possible; the strength of your answers will determine if they can return your account.

Your detailed answers will help them ensure that you’re the actual account holder and only you get access to your account.

What to do when your Gmail account is hacked?

Step 1: Go to Google Mail and click on “Can’t access your account?” link.

Step 2: Enter your Google Mail or Gmail ID.

Step 3: Complete the Captcha form.

Step 4: Click on “Verify your identity” link since the “Get a password reset link at my recovery email” and “Get a verification code on my phone” won’t work as hackers have already changed that.

Step 5: Verify your identity by answering multiple questions about your account.

Protect your Gmail account.

You can secure your Gmail account from hacking by following the article  How To Secure Your Gmail Account From Hacking and then note down the following information somewhere (preferably in your personal diary) so that in case your Gmail account is hacked you can still recover your account using the following information.

1. Account Creation Date

To get your account creation date, go to “All Mail”, click on "Oldest" on the upper right, and get the date of the welcome mail from Google. If its deleted choose the date of the last mail in your “All Mail” to get an approximate date.

2. Verification Code (if you have it)

3. Email addresses of up to five frequently emailed contacts

To get the email address of your frequently emailed contacts go to “Contacts” and click “Most Contacted” choose five of your contacts from them.

4. Names of up to four labels

Did you receive an invitation to create your account? If so select “Yes” and enter the details if you can otherwise leave it blank.

That’s it! You’re done. Google will review your application and will contact you.

1. Choose A Strong & Unique Password

Use a strong password for your Gmail account that you do not use on any other site.

2. Enable Two Step Verification

Two step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account by requiring you to have access to your phone – as well as your username and password – when you sign in. This means that if someone steals or guesses your password, the potential hijacker still can’t sign in to your account because they don’t have your phone.

3. Secure Your Computer

Check for viruses and malware.

Make sure your operating system is up to date.

Make sure to perform regular software updates.

Make sure your browser is up to date.

Check your browser for plug-ins, extensions, and third-party programs/tools that require access to your Google Account credentials.

4. Check Your Gmail Settings

Use a secure connection to sign in by selecting ‘Always use HTTPS.’ option in your Gmail settings.

Click the Details link next to the ‘Last Account Activity’ entry at the bottom of your account to see the time, date, IP address and the associated location of recent access to your account

Check if your Gmail messages are being forwarded without your permission.

Source(s): Google Blog, Gmail Help, Sophos

So how many Google products, services or tools do you use? I’ve checked Alexa Traffic Ranking for Google.com and found that the top 3 Google Products remain Google Search Engine, Google Mail (Gmail), and Google Image Search or else 90% of Googlers uses Google only as a search engine and as a free email service provider. If you are not tech savvy then chances are that you are unaware about most of the following Google products, services, and tools.

Here is a list all the Google products, services and tools which are interesting. If you haven’t tried any of them then I really suggest you to check it out and see if it can make your life easier, better and more productive. To see a snapshot of what all Google products are you using then go to Google My Account which lists the top Google products and services which you have signed up for.

List Of Google Products, Services, Tools

Google Search & it’s features - Google search is the most popular search engine on the Web.

Android – Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system , middleware and key applications.

Blogger - A free blog publishing tool for easily sharing your thoughts with the world.

FeedBurner – Allows bloggers and podcasters to manage their RSS feeds.

Google Ad Planner – A free media planning tool that can help you identify websites your audience is likely to visit so you can make better-informed advertising decisions.

Google AdSense – Place contextual Google ads on your site – and earn money.

Google AdWords - Advertise online and pay only when people click on your ad.

Google Affiliate Network (DoubleClick) - Full-service online marketing company specializing in pay-for-performance media.

Google Alerts - Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.

Google Analytics (Urchin) - Google Analytics makes it easy to improve your results online.

Google Apps - Software-as-a-service for business email, information sharing and security.

Google Base - Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online and offline content.

Google Blog Search - Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs.

Google Body – Google Body is a detailed 3D model of the human body.

Google Bookmarks - Google Bookmarks is an online service that lets you save your favorite sites and attach labels and comments.

Google Book Search – Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide.

Google Browser Size – Simple visual tool to show what percentage of web users can see different areas of a website without needing to scroll.

Google Buzz – Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos , videos and more with your friends.

Google Calendar - Keep track of all your life’s important events – birthdays, reunions, little league games, doctor’s appointments – all in one place.

Google Checkout - Buy from stores across the web and track all your orders and shipping in one place.

Google Chrome - A browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Google Chromium – The Chromium projects include Chromium and Chromium OS, the open-source projects behind the Google Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS, respectively.

Google Code - Code is for external developers interested in Google related development.

Google Contacts – Similar to an online address book, the Contact Manager gives you easy access to the people you want to reach.

Google Custom Search Engine & Google Subscribed Links – With Google Custom Search Engine and Subscribed Links, you can create a search engine tailored to your needs and lets you create custom search results that users can add to their Google search pages.

Google Dashboard – Google Dashboard offers a simple view into the data associated with your Google Account.

Google Desktop - Search your computer as easily as you search the web with Google.

Google Dictionary - Free online dictionary.

Google Directory - The web organized by topic into categories.

Google Documents – Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online.

Google Earth & Google Mars - Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.

Google Fast Flip - Read news fast.

Google Finance - Offers a broad range of information about stocks, mutual funds, and companies.

Google Fusion Tables – Share and discuss your data online.

Google Friend Connect – Instantly awakens and strengthens the community that visits your site by enriching it with social features.

Google Gears - A Firefox and Internet Explorer extension that allows to navigate on compatible websites offline and synchronize when going back online.

Google Grants – In-kind advertising for non-profit organizations.

Google Groups - Where groups of people have discussions about common interests.

Google Health - Puts you in charge of your health information.

Google Image Search & Similar Images - The most comprehensive image search on the web. Google Search Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words.

Google In Quotes – Allows you to find quotes from stories linked to from Google News.

Google Knol - Knol makes it free and easy to create, collaborate on, and publish credible web content.

Google Latitude - See where your friends are on a map.

Google Local Business Center - If you are a business owner Claim your business listing today and let customers find you online!

Google Mail (Gmail) - Gmail is a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful.

Google Maps & Google Map Maker - Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions. With Map Maker you can edit the map in more than a hundred countries and watch your edits go into Google Maps.

Google Mars – Provides a visible imagery view, like Google Moon, as well as infrared imagery and shaded relief (elevation) of the planet Mars.

Google Mobile - Upgrade your phone with free Google products.

Google Moderator - A tool that allows distributed communities to submit and vote on questions for talks, presentations and events.

Google Moon – See the Moon in 3D.

Google Music – Upload your personal music collection and access it instantly on the web or any compatible device without the hassle of wires or syncing.

Google News, News Archive Search & Google News Timeline - Aggregated headlines and a search engine of many of the world’s news sources. News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. News Timeline is a web application that organizes information chronologically.

Google Notebook (SearchWiki) - With Google Notebook, you can browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location that’s accessible from any computer.

Google Offers – Get amazing deals at the best places to eat, shop, and play.

Google Pack – Google Pack is a collection of software tools offered by Google to download in a single archive.

Google Page Speed – Page Speed Online analyzes the content of a web page, then generates suggestions to make that page faster.

Google Patents - Search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you.

Google Plus – Google+ aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life.

Google Postini – Google email security and archiving services, powered by Postini, make your existing email system more secure and compliant.

Google PowerMeter – Save Energy. Save Money. Make a Difference.

Google Product Search (Froogle) - Presents photographs of products and links to the stores that sell them online.

Google Profiles – Decide what the world sees when it searches for you. Display the information you care about and make it easy for visitors to get to know you.

Google Reader - Web based feed reader to keep up with blogs and news.

Google Related – Google Related is a Chrome Extension that shows you useful, interesting content while you browse the web.

Google Scholar - Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Google Scribe – Google Scribe helps you write better documents.

Google Script Converter – Convert text or a webpage.

Google Sets - Automatically create sets of items from a few examples.

Google Sites - Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share web pages.

Google SketchUp - Create, modify and share 3D models.

Google Sky - Google Sky includes a number of different ways to explore the universe.

Google Squared – Takes a category and creates a starter ‘square‘ of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web.

Google Street View – Explore the world at street level.

Google Store – Official Google Accessories, Apparel Items, Software, Office Equipment.

Google Subscribed Links – Subscribed Links let you create custom search results that users can add to their Google search pages.

Google Suggest - As you type your search, Google offers keyword suggestions in real time.

Google Takeout – Google Takeout allows you to download a copy of your data stored within Google products.

Google Talk - Chat with family and friends over the Internet for free.

Google Tasks – Keep track of what you need to do. Your task list stays up to date no matter how you access it. It’s a simple list that’s with you everywhere you go.

Google Toolbar - Internet Explorer and Firefox Toolbar with Google search.

Google Transit – Plan a trip using public transportation.

Google Transliteration – Google Transliteration allows you to type phonetically using Roman characters.

Google Translate – Free online language translation service instantly translates text and web pages.

Google Trends & Google Insights for Search - Compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics. Use Google Insights for Search and see for yourself what the world is searching for.

Google URL Shortener – Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is used by Google products to create short URLs that can be easily shared, tweeted, or emailed to friends.

Google Ventures – Venture Capital – by Google.

Google Video - Search and watch millions of videos indexed from all over the web.

Google Voice – Google Voice gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail as easy as email, free US long distance, low rates on international calls, and more.

Google Wave – Google Wave is a new online communication and collaboration tool.

Google Web Accelerator - Google Web Accelerator works with your browser to help web pages show up in a snap.

Google Web Elements – Google Web Elements allow you to easily add your favorite Google products to your website.

Google Web History - Your web history is stored on Google servers, which means that you can view and manage it from any computer.

Google Webmaster Tools - Provides you with detailed reports about your pages’ visibility on Google.

Google Website Optimizer – Website Optimizer, Google’s free website testing and optimization tool, allows you to increase the value of your existing websites and traffic without spending a cent.

Google WiFi – Google WiFi is a free wireless Internet service that Google is offering to the city of Mountain View.

iGoogle - Your personalized Google home page.

Jaiku - Create your own microblog and connect with your friends.

Orkut - Social networking site designed to make your social life more active and stimulating.

Picasa - Helps you organize, edit, and share your photos.

reCAPTCHA – A captcha system that uses successful decodings to helps digitise books for online use.

Textcube - Korean blogging platform.

YouTube - Share your videos with friends, family, and the world.

Please let me know if you know any other interesting service from Google so that I can give a try. So, how many Google Products and Services are you using?

Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change,break or disappear at any time. If (when) a Labs feature breaks, and you’re having trouble loading your inbox, there’s an escape hatch. Use http://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0.

Custom Date Formats

Adds options to the general settings page allowing the date and time format to be changed independent of language. For example, you can use a 24-hour clock (14:57) or show dates with the day first (31/12/07).

Inserting Images

Allows you to insert images into a message body. You can upload and insert image files in your computer, or insert images by URLs. This lab will not work if you have offline enabled.

Mark As Read Button

Tired of spending all that effort to click on the more actions menu every time you want to mark messages as read without reading them? Now just enable this lab and that is just a button click away!

Pictures In Chat

See your friends’ profile pictures when you chat with them.

Quote Selected Text

Quote the text you have selected when you reply to a message. (Now works with the mouse, too!)

Send & Archive

Adds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.

Sender Time Zone

Should I reply to this mail or just call the guy? Ooops… it’s 1 am. Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb…

Signature Tweaks

Places your signature before the quoted text in a reply, and removes the "–" line that appears before signatures.

Superstars

Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature:
(1) Go to the "General" Settings page to choose which superstars you wish to use.
(2) Use either the keyboard shortcut (‘s’) or click to rotate through your selected superstars.
(3) Use the search operator "has:" to find all messages with your superstar (e.g. "has:red-bang", "has:blue-star"). Learn the name of a superstar by hovering over its image in the "General" Settings page.

Undo Send

Oops, hit "Send" too soon? Stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button.

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Happy Holidays from Google AdWords!

In this new year Google is giving you $100 to promote your blog and boost your reader numbers. Try it for yourself before this offer expires on March 18, 2011.

Note: This is a non-transferable, limited promotion open only to those that received a promotional offer via direct mail. This offer is valid only through Google. Your promotional code and terms and conditions can be found in your direct mail piece. Promotional codes will not be distributed after you’ve created your account. Full T&Cs found here.

Here are few tips from the AdSense team to help protect your Google AdSense account from invalid clicks:

• We understand that it’s not always possible to control the behavior of your users, but you can be proactive about monitoring your traffic, and you can take steps to ensure that your site provides a helpful and safe environment for users and advertisers. Here are some top tips for keeping your account in good standing (which you may have seen before): https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=23921
• Expanding on the tip “Be aware of how your site is promoted.”, we’d like to remind you that, should you purchase traffic to promote your site, you do so at your own risk. There are many site promotion services out there that appear to be legitimate PPC advertising companies or search engines, but actually may be sending artificial traffic to your site for their own gain. (For legal reasons, we’re not allowed to disclose the names of such services.)To combat this, we highly recommend that you use channels to segment your traffic by source (e.g. a channel for your site’s Google AdWords traffic only). If one channel’s reports look particularly suspicious, you may want to consider unsubscribing from that traffic service. We also recommend using Analytics to slice and dice your traffic reports further to ensure that you’re receiving clicks from users who are genuinely interested in your ads. 
• Though we encourage you to be proactive about monitoring your site and ad traffic, we highly discourage the use of click tracking via third-party software or custom ad implementations. These methods may:
  • inadvertently disclose sensitive information about you or your site to a third-party
  • disrupt Google’s ad delivery or click logging in a way that violates our Terms and Conditions

In addition, click tracking may not provide you with significantly more information than you can already find in your AdSense or Analytics reports. We believe that the creative use of channels can help you gain detailed insights into your account.

• If you see unusual activity on your account, feel free to submit this form to let us know: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py?contact=invalid_clicks_contact Please note that we will only respond if we find a significant issue with your account.
• Invalid clicks can come from many sources, as described at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=16737. While we’re unable to go into the details of our monitoring system, you should know that invalid clicks don’t always mean clicking on your own ads or using click bots. Our Ad Traffic Quality Team looks for numerous types of activity that may inflate advertiser costs, then takes the necessary actions to protect our advertisers.
• That said, we still find that many publishers are clicking on their own ads, possibly because they feel that Google is disregarding those clicks. Keep in mind that even though we filter the revenue from an invalid click, we don’t ignore it completely. If we detect significant invalid activity on your AdSense ads, we may take action on your account to protect our advertisers from inflated costs. Here are some examples of situations in which clicking your own ads is prohibited:
  • Clicking out of interest in the ad content
  • Clicking to see an ad’s destination URL, such as for filtering purposes (we recommend trying the AdSense Preview Tool, available at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10005)
  • Clicking to ensure that Google is properly registering clicks on your ads (we log all ad clicks, but it can sometimes take up to 24 hours before your reports are finalized)
  • Clicking to test your website
• For general invalid click questions, you can find more information at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8426
• For questions about AdSense accounts disabled for invalid clicks, you can find more information at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153

How to make a girl fall in love with you, all your answers here!

How to make a girl fall in love with you is one of the most important questions you can answer. And which girl am I talking about? Well, Google of course. Some simple tips as to how to make a girl fall in love with your blog, the Google girl .

Some Simple SEO Tips

What Kind of Girl Are You After?

Decide who your audience are, what they will want to read about, what key terms they will search to find that reading material and then optimise your blog for those terms and blog about it.

Chose a Cool Name or Use Your Own Name

Ideally buy a URL with the keyword in it that you want the blog to rank for, or your name. Google looks at the works that link to your blog, and you rank for those works. People inevitably link to your blog by its domain name, and if that is one of the words that you want to rank for, then you will rank for that more easily. Google also places a lot of emphasis on domain names. If you are building a personal brand then buy a domain name with your name in it.

Title Your Blog

In the HTML code of your blog there is what is called a title tag. This is the Title tag on Murray Newlands.com “Affiliate Marketing Blog & Social Media Marketing Blog”. This should be the key term that you want your blog to rank for. I want my blog to rank for affiliate marketing blog, affiliate marketing affiliate blog, social media marketing and social media marketing blog. My choice of Title tag helps my site to rank for those terms.

Blog Posts: a love letter to her

1. Blog about what you want to be found for!
2. Think of title for your posts and then use Google external tool to see how much traffic is available on the terms you are looking for.
3. Do a search on Google for title:”key term from Google external” to see what the competition on that term is. If you are optimising a post for a key term you will put the term in the title: therefore the more people with the key term in the title the more competitive it is. and the harder it is to rank for that term.
4. Use the key term in the first paragraph of the post.
5. Use the key term several times in the post.
6. Use the key term at the end of the post.

Link Love for to get the Girls to like you.

1. Google makes sites rank for the words that people use as terms to link to that site from. Link to my site using the words “Affiliate blog” and I will start to rank for that term. Link to me for the term Obama and I will start to rank for the word Obama.
2. Link to other blogs from your posts and they are more likely to do the same back.
3. If you are going to link to my blog please write about me as said Murraynewlands.com Affiliate blog and link on the term affiliate blog, or celebrity blogger, or affiliate marketing. Why? Because I am currently trying to rank for those terms. Not sure how I want you to link to me? A – ask me, B- look at the key terms in my title bar.
4. Know what terms you want to rank for and ask people to link to you from those words.
5. If you want to rank for a term that is not in your title description do a blog post about that term and then ask people to link to your site using that word to that post.

   I.E., please link to me using the words “Celebrity blogger” to the post to this post http://www.murraynewlands.com/index.php/2009/07/celebrity-blogger-celebrity-blogger-murray-newlands/

   Link to this post on the term “how to make a girl fall in love with you”

Get a Wingman

1. Teach this to your friends, all of them.
2. They will rank better.
3. They will get better links.
4. They will get more traffic.
5. When they link to you it will help your site more.

Create a Speed Dating Event and Make It a Love In

The more sites you link with and teach better seo and the more they link to you the better your seo will be and the more your blog will grow.

For this post I chose a fun title “how to make a girl fall in love with you”. It is off topic for my blog but “how to make a girl fall in love with you” is a search phrase with lots of traffic and comparatively few intitle competitors.

Source: Was a guest post by Affiliate Blog on JohnChow

Recently, one of my friend asked me “Hey Niks, do you know Gmail Labs”? I replied – “I know Google Suggest Labs”. He smiled and said it’s alright, Gmail Labs is something different! Well, this enticed me to know what Gmail Lab is and how can it help. Although, all these years Google has been making my experience with Gmail more pleasing, effective and productive, so what’s with Gmail Labs? Actually, Gmail Labs is full of experimental new features that you could choose to use or not use. However, many people might still don’t know about Gmail Labs or haven’t taken time to review all the exciting features. With that in mind, I thought sharing Top 10 excellent features worth turning on that can increase your daily productivity.

Offline – I found this to be the best feature among all. This allows you to work offline and work with your messages without even having Internet connection. What this means is that you could be using Gmail, lose your Internet connection, and never know the difference. Your inbox messages, attachments, etc. are always synced with your desktop, and you are free to use offline.

Email Addict – Too much on Gmail? Enable this features and a link would appear at the top of the page, blocking your Inbox and chat screen for 15 minutes and allowing you to take a break. Email Addict is superb for people who have trouble stepping away from their computer!

Undo Send – This is very helpful for me, I often find myself saying –Oops, Send so soon?? So, this gives me a grace period of five second to correct my error. You will see a new “Undo” link with every sent mail, just click “Undo” and it will take you right back to compose message where changes can be done.  

Message Translation – Got online friends who happen to speak other language? This new feature in Gmail Labs automatically translates your inbox messages to the language you can understand. You can simply click on the translate link, which automatically appears when an email in different language than your default one. Now language would not be an obstacle for users!

Multiple Inboxes – Multiple Inboxes allows me to implement multiple input boxes. So, now it is possible for me to systematize and underscore the new inbox messages displayed under one setting. I now have better customized view of my mails and it is easy to handle them at a glance as well. However, you should know that this feature creates multiple inboxes for labels, and not for your secondary Gmail accounts.

Mouse Gestures – This is extremely useful for person like me who relies more upon mouse than hitting keyboard shortcuts. I can now navigate my mails using Mouse Gestures. Hold right-click and move the mouse left to visit to a last conversation, move it right to visit to the next conversation, and move up to visit back to the inbox view. So simple!

Canned Response – Canned response is a no newer but has two interesting features that can help you save time. It has the ability to store email as templates and then skill to automatically reply to emails using those templates. So guys don’t waste time typing similar response when you can type it once and save it!

Inserting Images – I always use to get irritated whenever I had to attach images in the email coz of the process. And now the newest Gmail Labs is making my work lot easier when I have to send an image!

Task – Managing my task was never this easier with Gmail! But now, I can create my due dates, to-do list, sub-tasks and loads of things using incredibly simple interface in Gmail window!

Hide Unread Counts – This features is great for people that are lazy to manage their inbox and don’t care about unread mails! It hides the unread counts of Inbox, label etc!

Beyond doubt Gmail has become more productive, easier to use and truly viable alternative to Outlook! Check out Gmail Labs for even more interesting features that might make you even more productive.