Google Alerts to the rescue!
Many bloggers may enhance their topic by doing a search engine search. Well, Google has made life easier for that moment when you have over-searched your key words. They will e-mail you updates to your search query.
Some handy uses of Google Alerts include:
* monitoring a developing news story
* keeping current on a competitor or industry
* getting the latest on a celebrity or event
* keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams
It is as simple as going to the Google Alerts homepage and filling out a form.
Create a Google Alert
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Google Alerts are emails automatically sent to you when there are new Google results for your search terms. They offer alerts with results from News, Web, Blogs, Video and Groups.
There are 6 variations of alerts - 'News', 'Web', 'Blogs', 'Comprehensive', 'Video' and 'Groups'.
* A 'News' alert is an email aggregate of the latest news articles that contain the search terms of your choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google News search.
* A 'Web' alert is an email aggregate of the latest web pages that contain the search terms of your choice and appear in the top twenty results of your Google Web search.
* A 'Blogs' alert is an email aggregate of the latest blog posts that contain the search terms of your choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google Blog search.
* A 'Comprehensive' alert is an aggregate of the latest results from multiple sources (News, Web and Blogs) into a single email to provide maximum coverage on the topic of your choice.
* A 'Video' alert is an email aggregate of the latest videos that contain the search terms of your choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google Video search.
* A 'Groups' alert is an email aggregate of new posts that contain the search terms of your choice and appear in the top fifty results of your Google Groups search.
The frequency you select when you set up your alert determines how often we check for new results, not necessarily how often you'll receive alerts.
Google says that many alerts are set up by people who are:
* monitoring a developing news story
* keeping current on a competitor or industry
* tracking medical advances
* getting the latest on a celebrity or sports team
* watching for new videos that match a specific topic
You can create up to 1000 alerts. To create more alerts, you can either delete any existing alerts or request alerts to be sent to a different email address.
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