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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    I just remembered I still have an old gmail address, I should probably change those things over to my new addresses.

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    Just to clarify, “you” in this case refers to companies and marketers, not consumers. Looks like this news website is for marketers/SEO industry people.

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      So this is another headline designed to get a kneejerk reaction outta people.

      Basically if I’m a store that sends out a weekly email to subscribers, Google will “read” that email for SEO purposes.

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    Me, in 2005: Why would anyone use a service that scans your personal email for things to sell you?

    Me 20 years later: . . so. . . tired

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    Anyone got a any opinions (or a link to a review) of the different options? Proton and tuta come up, are there others worth considering?

    I understand that I’ll probably need to pay (otherwise I’m the product) and encryption / security is good, but the thing that keeps with Gmail (apart from inertia) is that it feels quick and easy to use. My only real experience of non Gmail sites over the last two decades have been terrible but mandatory work webmail systems that are slow, clunky and look a decade out of date. Or Hotmail, which sucks for a variety of reasons.

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      My only real experience of non Gmail sites over the last two decades have been terrible but mandatory work webmail systems that are slow, clunky and look a decade out of date.

      Uh same, Outlook Web’s search function sucks so much compared to Gmail’s 😫

      So basically just give me Gmail’s UX without the corporation pls. Do any of the competitors have similar search, filtering and tagging behaviour?