2 ms·Gmail and Google Maps were prototypical 2.0.by fzzzy 1y agoGmail and Google Maps were prototypical 2.0.mkl 1y agoGmail's beta started in 2004, and Google Maps launched in 2005. Google's IPO was in 2004, so Web 2.0 products played no part in its enormous early growth.yeasku 1y agoGmail had a fundamental part in Googles IPO.