OF LATE, COMMUNITY network sites are gaining in popularity and Internet users love to visit these websites. This has given a major setback to email sites. To bring back users interest, Yahoo is introducing a free SMS feature for email users.

Yahoo Inc after giving unlimited space in the mail account has again come up with one new exciting feature. Now with yahoo email account, users will be able to send SMS to phones – an easy way to connect with friends. This facility will be available soon for more than 250 million email users – a new upcoming feature in coming weeks.

Yahoo Inc has also been testing features that would lead Yahoo email users to communicate through conventional email or via instant messages using Yahoo Messenger or Microsoft Live Messenger.

According to John Kremer, Vice President of Yahoo Mail, “Our goal is to make (Yahoo) Mail a more social experience. We really look at ourselves as sitting on top of the largest dormant social network out there.” Yahoo is also trying to mix up its services to compete with other social networks like MySpace, YouTube and Facebook where Internet users spend most of their time. Users spend less time on Yahoo, AOL.com and MSN.

With the introduction of the new version of Yahoo Mail, users will get three options: e-mail, online instant messaging or text messaging. Users can switch between these three as per their convenience. At first, the text messaging feature will be available for members from United States, Canada, India and the Philippines. The procedure for sending SMS via Yahoo Mail is simple. Enter a mobile phone number, type the text and click on send button.

It is notable that this October, Yahoo will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Yahoo Mail’s launch.