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Using Google Alerts

Posted on: April 16th, 2008 | 11 Comments

Mike McDonald has another helpful tip for all you Web site owners out there. First of all, Mike throws out a reminder for how to use link and site operators through Google. He then goes on to explain how to set up Google Alerts. These tips will help you better manage your Web site. Find out how they work, right here on WebProNews.

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11 Comments on “Using Google Alerts”

  1. Ganry Sisher says:

    Hehe! Great Man! I like it for sure! vEry good tips!

  2. The style of writing is quite familiar . Did you write guest posts for other blogs?

  3. I don’t write many comments, but this time (at least) I agree completely.

  4. Joe says:

    Is there a way to have google alerts be posted on my website as the come into my email?

    It’s a pain to cut and paste daily all the new info posted in the alerts.

    Thanks

    Joe

  5. R Baer says:

    I like setting up little GROUPS of Alerts: Not just a Site link, but matching top key phrase Alerts too: In an utterly shameless example:

    1. mac-compatible-web-cam.com
    2. apple isight
    3. macintosh web camera
    4. uvc webcam

    The alerts I get back really help me find related forums, blogs I could comment on, etc. It reaffirms which sites Google values & picks up on (and implicitly, which it doesn’t!) You’ll get a sense of how RAPIDLY the Goog nabs things from high PR sites - and which little breadcrumbs you leave that it picks up on slowly, eventually. All told, Alerts gives me a morning Wake-Up call with easy opportunities to keep building NEW, highly-topical backlinks from here, there, everywhere… And show me *precisely* where earlier efforts paid off.

    The Bottom Line: AFTER you’ve done everything, EVERYTHING! you think a good SEO could possibly do and have HIT THE WALL….3-4 related Alerts are like little assistants remind you ‘Well, you could try something here.’ ‘Why not join that discussion there?’ - INVALUABLE!

    RB - http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/

  6. reinharttech says:

    Useful tips; thanks!

  7. jeff says:

    I’ve been using this for a while. I’ve found the most amazing things said about me that people thought were private… People need to realize that noting is private on the internet.

    I found this person was talking bad about me and only mentioned my business name but the alert told me about it and then I figured out who it was.. they were using a pseudonym but mentioned other names I did know…
    People will never learn.
    Good pointer though.
    http://www.vistaphotos.net

  8. Love the finish. Very Tenacious D like. Did I hear a fart?

  9. Dave Dugdale says:

    Mike,

    Thanks for the tip, I didn’t know that one.

    I just set my alerts up - let me test it by linking to me. :)
    I like these tips between conference coverage.

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