Google Alerts
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Google Alerts is a service offered by search engine company Google which notifies you (by email) about the latest web and news pages of your choice.
Google currently offers four types of alert searches: "News", "Web", "News & Web", and "Groups". A News alert is an email that lets you know if new articles make it into the top ten results of your Google News search. A Web alert is an email that lets you know if new web pages appear in the top twenty results for your Google Web search. A News & Web alert is an email that lets you know when new articles related to your search term make it into the top ten results for a Google News search or the top twenty results for a Google Web search. A Groups alert is an email that lets you know if new posts make it into the top fifty results of your Google Groups search.
Google Alerts also allow you to determine the frequency in which checks are made for new results. Three options are available: "once a day", "once a week", or "as it happens". These options do not necessarily control how often you will receive alerts. The first option, for example, means you will receive at most one alert email per day. The "as it happens" option can result in many alert emails per day, depending on the search.
The service can help track new pages for any topic (such as celebrities, computers, animals). Google Alerts are available in plain text as well as HTML.
See also
- List of Google services and tools
External links
- Google Alerts website
Related Competitors
- klipfolio
- Super Alerts
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