This is a great article about the branding impressions that come with an email address; I’ve felt this way for years! It goes into detail about how someone with an AOL.com email address is perceived (for better or worse) as less tech-savvy than someone with their own domain name. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/16/email.users/index.html?npt=NP1