Overview
Google Alerts send content automatically to your inbox based on your specified interests. They are a great way to stay abreast of the latest news, articles, blogs etc that are posted online everyday. A Google alert can be setup to send a notification for just about anything a person would like.
Getting Started From Google
- Obtain an email account to use to receive an alert. Use an existing account or setup a new using GMail or Yahoo
- Open Gmail
- Login with your gmail address and password
- Open any message in your inbox
- Scroll to the bottom of the messages where you will see a list of options
- Click “manage your alerts”
Setting Up An Alert
- Decide what types of alerts you wish to have sent to you. Multiple terms can be used or one alert can be setup at a time.Options include Alerts for “news items,” “blog entries,” “video” “webs” and “comprehensive.” If you choose “comprehensive,” you will get an alert when your name is posted anywhere on the Internet.
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Decide how often you want to receive these alerts.
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Type in the email address you wish these alerts be sent to.
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Click the “Create an Alert” button once you are satisfied with your choices.
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Go to your email account (the one you choose to have the alerts sent to) and click on the verification notice.
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Begin watching as your name or pen name is circulated throughout the Internet.
Choosing a Frequency
- Select the type of Alert you want to receive. The comprehensive Alert retrieves news from blogs, news sources, Google Groups messages and websites. You can choose to get results from only one of these sources, instead of all sources.
- Choose how often Google will send the Alerts to you. Google can send your alerts as soon as it finds a match to your keyword, once daily or only once a week.
- Enter the email address that you will use for your Alerts. If you don’t have a Google email account, you will need to register for one.
- Click “Create Alert” when you are finished entering your keywords, choices of sources and frequency for messages.
- Review and revise your Alerts if you receive too much or too little information. Log in on the Google Accounts page. Choose “Manage Alerts” to see your saved Alerts. Delete alerts that you no longer need.
Getting Started With Alerts
- In your web browser, type in: www.google.com
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Look at the top of the Google webpage and you should see some words. One of them is “News”. Click on the word “News”
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A number of featured news items should pop up with photos next to them. Look above that. On the top left of the page, you should see the words: ‘Google News’ and a textbox next to the words, where you can type. Click the mouse in the textbox and type in the news item you want to look for.
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You may see a few articles and photos come up related to your search. Now scroll down to the bottom of the webpage. You will see “Stay up to date on these results” A title below that reads: “Create An Email Alert for….” Click on that, and you are almost done!
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Enter In:1) Search Terms2) Type of Alert Wanted (News, Blog etc)3) How Often You Would Like to be Alerted4) Your email address
You are done!Start enjoying fresh content directly to your inbox.