Google Alerts – find out stuff
Posted by danleone on January 29th, 2008 filed in bloggingIf you are not making use of Google Alerts, then you are guaranteed to be missing something. Google Alerts is a great way of getting email alerts of relevant news, blog links and other interesting results based on your search criteria.
For example, I have an alert set up for various news items I am interested in, such as atheism, politics, Getting Things Done, etc. I set the options to email me those daily.
But more interestingly, I have Alerts set up for my blog. By typing in this: link:http://www.cafeleone.net/ and link:http://cafeleone.net/, I can see who links to me as soon as they do. I set it to email me as soon as it happens. This is an excellent way to see who is talking about me and I believe it works faster and more accurately than WordPress or Technorati or whatever other method you use. I can see instantly when someone throws a meme my way but hasn’t alerted me to it yet or when someone adds me to their blogroll…still waiting on that one.
As a safety precaution, I have an alert set up for my kids, my social security number and even my street address. It is not because I am paranoid. It is simply because I am curious. I did get an alert about a site that had my street address. It turns out it was my street address in a completely different state, but that was interesting nonetheless.
Click on the link above and start getting your Google Alerts.
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January 29th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I would love to take your advice, but sadly, this would go against my strict policy of remaining completely and totally underinformed at all times.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Very cool! I am now on full alert! Thanks!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:01 am
First of all, LIES!!
I added you to my blogroll on Sunday, I believe it was.
Second of all, thanks for the tip, I’m gonna go check it out. The only thing I don’t like about Google is Blogger, but I’m stuck with it until I understand how to host my own blog, or whatever it is when I have my own domain and can design (read that as get someone good to design) everything for myself.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I did it! Thanks for the tip. This will be quite helpful.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
It is a great idea, I did it…and I shall be waiting impatiently for email now, great another obsession!
And just think…you can be alerted to when th epats lose! My word, what a fabulous idea! You are the bomb Dan!
*wink
January 30th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
wordpress does that (in the dashboard)to show you who is linking to you… so you know RIGHT AWAY… I love that feature..
January 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
so…did your google alert…alert you to the fact that my blog is being googled for your pic?
i’m going to check it out…google alert…not my blog!
January 31st, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Great info! Never would have found that if it weren’t for your post. Thanks, Dan!