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Google To Subscribe To Your Emails To Find Content For Your Search Listings. (www.seroundtable.com)
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Google sent out a notification that it will automatically opt you into using content from your email campaigns to help Google know what to show in Google Search, Shopping, and Maps. It will look for content around "new arrivals, sales or ongoing promotions, social media profiles, and others," Google said.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

but I often have to use email on other people's computers

why?

public computers have usb drive access disabled

But why would you ever want to log in to your private e-mail on a public computer?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I travel a lot, and spend time in a lot of random places, stay with friends and such like. My job means that I can set my own schedule most of the time, but sometimes I need to respond to something pretty urgently. So, there's been plenty of times when I've been travelling light and suddenly been asked to pull a bunch of data from a spreadsheet and write some quick report on it, so usually I just ask whoever I'm with if I can use their pc for an hour and get it out the way.

It's certainly possible do it all on a phone, but it's much quicker and more pleasant to just use a proper keyboard and screen. And there have been times (like after a ill-advised encounter with a fountain in Rome) when my phone is temporarily out of action, so if I need to deal with travel arrangements on a public computer it might involve accessing my emails.