Generally it happens that you have interesting in some topics, products and person and you always wait for something news or update for it and everyday search on it on google, facebook, twitter or similar services. But in our busy life or busy schedule we do not have time for this and sometimes we miss important update.
If you fill that you also face this type of situations than Google Alerts is for you. Google Alerts is a one of the useful service of google where you can get email notifications any time that Google finds new results on a topic you’re interested in. For example, you could get updates about a product you like, find out when people post content about you on the web, or keep up with news stories.
Let's Understand how to use google alerts service.
* How to Create an alert
1. Goto Google Alerts.
2. In the "Create an alert about" box, enter in the words you want to get email notifications for.
3. Click Show options to customize things like how often you get alerts, types of websites you want to search, and the email address for your alerts.
4.Click Create Alert.
5. You can also create an alert by clicking the + next to any of the suggested topics that you see on the Google Alerts page.
6. Once your alert is set up, you’ll start getting emails anytime we find new search results for your keywords.
* Customize your alerts
There are a few ways you can customize your alerts. To customize any of your existing alerts, click Show Options while creating or editing an alert.
How often
This option help you to choose how often you want to get notified.
As-it-happens. Get an email each time new results are found. Depending on your search terms, you may get multiple emails in a day.
At most once a day. Get an email once a day.
At most once a week. Get an email with all of the results that were found over the last week.
Sources
This option help you to see results from a specific source, you can choose it here. However, I prefers the Automatic option, which provides you with the best results from multiple sources.
Language
You'll get alerts for search results in the language you select.
Region
If you only want to see results from or related to a particular country or region, you can select it here.
How many
Only the best results. It send results which are high quality and relevant to your search terms.
All results. It send results which are relevant to your search terms, even if they are of low quality.
* Tips for creating alerts
1. Try to be as precise as . The more precise your search terms are, the more relevant your alerts will be.
2. Use quotes around a group of words if you are looking for them together. For example, ["White house"].
3. Use a minus sign (-) in front of words that you want to exclude. For example, [paris -texas].
4. Use the site: operator to limit your search to specific sites. For example, [congress site:nytimes.com].