Get alerts on news books, web pages, newspaper articles, videos or blogs that match your search term. Google alerts will keep you informed about the latest search results that match your search term. The alert is directed to right your inbox that you specify while setting the alert. According to Google blog, people use Google alert to,
- Know what is being said about their company or product.
- Monitor a developing news story.
- Keep informed about latest information on a competitor or industry.
- To know the latest gossips of a celebrity.
- Find out what’s being said about themselves.
So, How Google Alerts works?
- Go to http://www.google.com/alerts
- Enter the search query that you’re interested in.
- Google Alerts keeps monitoring the search term to see if there are new results for your query.
- If there are new results, Google Alerts sends them to you in an email.
Examples on how to use Google Alerts
Get alert on your favorite author,
inauthor:"walter isaacson"
Get alert on your books published by your favorite publisher,
inpublisher:oreilly
Try out Google Alerts and keep you updated.
