Create Alerts in Google

CREATING GOOGLE ALERTS TO KEEP INFORMED ON SPECIFIC TOPICS

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In any Google product, select More > Even more at the top and get here :

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Step 1 - easy search query – Use :


Quotes symbol around words to get these words exactly in that order, excluding synonyms and variations

The – sign to exclude certain words : eg Eiffel –Tower will exclude results about Eiffel

that mention the famed Tower (note there is no space after the – sign)

site: with site name (eg site:twitter.com) to include or exclude results from specific sites

Use basic boolean search such as AND, OR and ()

Step 2 : results type : select where/which kind of data you want


Step 3 : How often : as it happens, once a day, once a week


Final step : how many and delivery


I recommend choosing “only the best results” as it reduces the number of results to something manageable.

As far as where you can receive the results of the alerts, decide based on what suits you best : either in your Reader, or in your email.

Click Create Alert and you’re done

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Create Alerts in Google