--- In [email protected], Jon Steinmetz <j...@...> wrote: > I see from some previous messages that some have suggested using google apps > mail as their business email.
> My question is, has anyone done this and regretted it? I'll just chime in here and say that while I haven't moved any domains over to Google and regretted it, Google has burned me in the past and I think it's worth considering that possibility before entrusting your business's email to them. I had a Google account I used exclusively for business a couple of years ago. I had set up Analytics and Webmaster Tools on a couple of domains and was running AdSense ads on a "content" domain (though it wasn't a blog). The ads made so little that I never even crossed the payment threshold a single time. One day, I found the account disabled. Multiple emails to Google were never answered. I even asked a friend who works there to check into it, hoping that an employee might help to elicit a response. Still nothing. I read accounts from others who had similar things happen to them, and in almost every case, Google sent an email explaining the problem. There was often no way to fix it, but at least the person knew why they had been turned off. So do consider: Google has turned people off in the past, with no reason given. Maybe you'll get better treatment if you pay for Google Apps for Business, but personally, I don't rely on Google for anything critical to my business.
