A-ha! I've been wondering how certain commentators seem to find my posts that are relevant to their blogs and/or businesses with lightening speed. This of course has enabled them to leave comments in relevant posts here with links back to their own sites. Google Alerts! I'm on top of things. It seems as though this service has been available for years now. Mox nix. Better late than never.
Anyway, I can see how this will be a great tool for finding other bloggers with our interests, tracking news stories, etc. I'm getting giddy.
The alert categories are:
- News
- Blogs
- Web
- Comprehensive
- Video
- Groups
You can have them email the alerts to your google email address as-it-happens, once a day, or once a week.
Here are the Google Alerts FAQ, the Google Alerts Wiki, and even an article on using Google alerts for intelligence tracking.
You should also be aware of a similar service called Yotify. As detailed in this Jason Kincaid article (9/24/09):
Yotify allows users to track variables across a number of different services, including price changes, event ticket availability, and user profile modifications.
If anybody has an opinion about which service is better, please comment below.
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