Get the Latest News with Google Alerts
Posted on January 29, 2007
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Are you looking for something to blog about? Do you need to know the latest news in your niche so you can keep your blog at the cutting edge? Google Alerts is a great way to keep up to date by having one of the web’s most powerful search engines do the leg work for you.
Google Alerts will track the latest search results on a particular topic and send you an email with the most recent updates. To set up a Google Alert, simply go to http://www.google.com/alerts and enter the following details:
- Search Terms - the keywords you want to search on.
- Type - the type of search results to monitor (see more below).
- How Often - the frequency of the alert emails.
- Email Address - the email address where you want the alert to go.
You can choose to monitor one of the following types of search results:
- Web
- Blogs
- News
- Groups
- Comprehensive (all of the above)
The email options are once per week, once per day or as it happens.
You can sign up to many different alerts (ie. alerts for many different search terms). The FAQ says you can have up to one hundred.
So whether you are blogging for money or just for fun, Google Alerts is a great tool to keep handy in your blogger’s toolbox.
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Hi, I loved the bit about Goole Alerts, I use that all the time now as part of my ‘Monetize Your Blog’ Strategy. Everything I do is more or less based on a free ebook by Rick Butts, Monetize Your Blog which is available on my site. Keep up the good work!