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Comment on Google is watching you… by Jo Evans

Jo Evans — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:14 +0000

Great comments and advice John. Thank you. You are like the Milk Tray man. You leave no trace

Comment on Google is watching you… by John Taylor

John Taylor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:53 +0000

Just checked what Google thinks of me:

In Firefox, my browser of choice, it doesn’t know anything about me

In Chrome, which I use for testing now and again – same

Why should it have so much on you and nothing on me ?

1) I don’t use google for email – no brainer really. Would you trust all your personal details to an advertising agency ?

2) I have firefox set to delete all cookies when I close it. Another no-brainer.
I do use some Google tools such as Webmaster Central, but it won’t be keeping any cookies about me.

3) I use the Adblock+ plugin, so I don’t get all those annoying adverts polluting the webpages I view

Am I paranoid ?
I don’t think so. I’m just careful with my personal data. Its the internet version of shredding bank statements before putting them in the recycling.

Comment on Google is watching you… by Jo Evans

Jo Evans — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:34 +0000

Rock on! That’s waaaay cooler than Google’s perception of me!

Comment on Google is watching you… by Paul Fuggle

Paul Fuggle — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:16:38 +0000

Facebook Ads are just as bad. I mentioned in my info that I liked the 70′s prog-folk band “Caravan”, so I now constantly get adverts for awnings

Google thinks I’m male, aged 18-24, who likes punk rock and classical music…I can live with that!

Comment on The most politically correct festive greeting ever! by Nelida K.

Nelida K. — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:09:43 +0000

So funny! (Smile-funny rather than ha-ha funny, and granted it’s not humor for everybody but for enlightened people mostly….sorry, this is a Monday-joke gone bad….). I immediately tweeted it to my followers, who I am sure will appreciate it as much as I did. Nicely done!

Comment on The most politically correct festive greeting ever! by Season’s Greetings « Translation & the law: From words to deeds

Season’s Greetings « Translation & the law: From words to deeds — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:00:12 +0000

[...] might also enjoy this politically correct festive greeting – in language that those working in the legal world will fully [...]

Comment on The very annoying Capital Letter Syndrome by Gail Bull

Gail Bull — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:41:16 +0000

Oh dear; am feeling somewhat queasy. Point? I mean with some ‘random caps’ folk are trying to attach Importance to the the Words they capitalise.

How about this: maybe Lisa’s pc is programmed to do capitals for every word?

I mean, then, we could blame technology?

Lame? Ok. Please – you don’t need to share stuff like this. Really, you don’t.

Still not feeling too good.

Change tack. Did the content answer your mother’s query? Feeling better now.

Comment on The most annoying TV adverts! by alan deakin

alan deakin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:05:44 +0000

Micheal Parkingson selling Sun Life Insurance which I now wouldn’t touch with a barge poll.

Comment on Frog’s Friday Fact – The Johnson Box by Liz Weston

Liz Weston — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:18:14 +0000

Love how it’s called a Johnson Box. I remember when I started out, even at Uni, learning about this kind of thing whilst working in the Alumni office. And that the agency responsible for the telephone fundraising had you write on the outside of the envelope in your neatest handwriting – “First Class please”. And that this had a positive effect on the return rate and conversion of pledges to gifts.

Sometimes, it’s paying attention to the detail that matters

Comment on How to avoid the dreaded tyre kickers by Neil Smith

Neil Smith — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:24:56 +0000

Ask for a deposit upfront by card or BACS – a commitment by the customer goes along way to establishing genuine customers