by Richard Martin, ValleyWag was reporting earlier today that Marissa Mayer, Google “eccentric queen of search,” could be “skipping out” on the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco. T’aint so, says Google PR.

I just spoke to Google PR operative Larry Wu, who told me that “I just spoke to her admin,” and Mayer is still on for her talk at the Summit later on today (not to mention her one-on-one with this reporter). The rumor that Mayer might be a no-show belongs to the body of fear, rumor, and speculation I like to refer to as “El Goog.”

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