Everyone, yes everyone should be using Google Alerts.
Why is google alerts so powerful?
Because, It allows you to stay updated on any topic of your liking and instantly receive emails on that topic. If a new article appears on the New York times, or any of the main news sources, you can receive automatic notification of it, as soon as Google News finds them.
Let’s say you are witting about the recent fall of the Minnesota Bridge, or just want to read as much as you can about it. Then, you can set the Google alert to send you an e-mail as soon as any of the news sites posts an article containing the words about the topic. Now that is very powerful!
Signing up for the service, is free and it is very easy. You simply enter the words you want Google to search for, how often you want the alerts, and your email address.
Signing up is free and easy. Just enter the words you want Google to search for, how often you want to get the alerts, and your e-mail address. Google then sends you a confirmation e-mail with a URL you click on to activate the alert.
If for any reason you wish to stop receiving the alerts, no worries, you can simply click cancel in the email you receive.
Here are some tips, to increase the power of Google alerts, even more.
Exact Phrase Searching: Simply surround the phrase with “quotes”.
Excluding words: If you want to get alerts for, “Music”, but not “Beatles”, then use the minus sign and submit like this: music -Beatles
Limiting by country: If you want to hear an alert about nascar, but have it written by a source in New York, or perhaps England. Then do a search in the following way: “nascar location:ny” or “nascar location:uk”
Limiting by source: If you want to set up an alert that will send you a link every time The New York Times runs a story related to nascar, enter “nascar source:new_york_times” in the search terms box.
Search for any of the words listed: Include “or” between the words: “music or nascar”
Sign up now at http://www.google.com/alerts
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I have been finding Google alerts to be very useful! It truly power in your hands!