Does GMail make money? When it first came out, it seemed almost like a gift to the community which they made because they needed email and built it. It was grea

Does GMail make money? When it first came out, it seemed almost like a gift to the community which they made because they needed email and built it. It was great for email, but it was hard to see where the piles of money would come from. Now, I think they've become more business oriented and try to extract revenue from everything.