Monday 8 April 2013

A-Z Challenge 2013: G is for Google Alerts

Google Alerts are something I have only just come across.  If you ask Google what they are, it says "Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your queries."   They add that Alerts are useful in:
  • monitoring a developing news story
  • keeping current on a competitor or industry
  • getting the latest on a celebrity or event
  • keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams
I would like to add that Google Alerts are useful in genealogy.  Say you search for "Obadiah Montague", and find a number of resulting useful websites.  If you make searching for Obadiah one of your Google Alerts, then every time there is something new about him (say, somebody uploads a newspaper article they have just found), you will get an email telling you so.  You can manage the frequency to once-a-day, or once-a-week, or 'as-it-happens' - and you can create up to 1000 Alerts.
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7 comments:

  1. Rita A.8 April 2013 at 03:29

    You could go nuts with this if you have common names. Have you tried it with more information. Now I'm curious.

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  2. Sanderella8 April 2013 at 15:49

    I didn't know all of that Ros!! Thank you so much! I also just joined your lovely blog! Have fun today, well...the rest of this month too! Sandy www.sandysanderellasmusings.blogspot.com

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  3. Rebecka Vigus8 April 2013 at 19:20

    I used to use Google Reader, but they are ending that. Thanks for the tip.

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  4. Kristin8 April 2013 at 20:15

    This had slipped my mind. I will have to put a few names in.

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  5. Sharon9 April 2013 at 09:57

    Mmmm. My post was also Google Alerts for Genealogy. I wonder who posted it first :)

    Great Minds think alike?

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  6. Ros Haywood9 April 2013 at 20:01

    Glad to hear of your success, John - hope you have many more!

    Thanks for stopping by.

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  7. Ros Haywood9 April 2013 at 20:04

    Well, Sharon - I wrote my Google Alerts post on 31 March and scheduled it to appear later. But the more, the merrier!

    Thanks for stopping by.

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