Just heard a whisper that the infamous SEO Roadshow will make a return appearance this year, possibly in the Emerald Isles, possibly Sept/Oct time.
These roadshows are the last in a line of meetings that began with Mr Mackin’s first “PubCon” - an informal get-together of SEOers and general Internet geeks. The idea being instead of going to pay-for conferences that were a little lightweight and then spending quality time in the bar - just miss out the conference and meet up in a bar.
The last one was hosted in Denmark back in 2006 so it’s about time!
Having patted myself on the back for using Google Mail and thus massively reducing my spam levels, I then read a horror story on the Matt Cutts blog about a company that sells software so you can back-up your gmail.
Apparently when you install the software to back up your email it asks for your username and password, fair enough you might think - Wrong! It also sends your details to the software developer!
Read the full story here
I had a wonderful day yesterday - a friend had recommended that I use Google Mail to cut down on my spam email problems. I have so many email addresses that even with several barriers in place I was still receiving many hundreds every day.
After a few hours setting the whole thing up - and changing my mail package to sync with my iPhone - I saw what was quite frankly a miracle. Google Mail cut 99% of the spam instantly!
I seem to remember Mr Gates making claims a few years ago about tackling the spam email issue, but not heard much since…
So, hats off to Google - saviour of the Internet 
I see that Google has had the painters and decorators in
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