Fighting Bulky Inboxes With RSS
Google Alerts are a way to tell Google what terms (like your name, business or neighborhood) you want to know when they’re mentioned online. You can have it emailed to you as it happens or daily, but it’s a great reputation management tool.
The problem is, I personally get about 100 emails per week based on all of the keywords I’m following, but Google has created an option for reading your alerts via RSS feed for your chosen terms which is a great time saver.
via: AG News
image via: flickr
Missy Caulk
October 31, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Wonderful ! I follow so many terms it is ridiculous, so just go to Google Alerts and set it up RSS?
Paula Henry
November 1, 2008 at 6:37 am
I just love Google – they always seem to know just what I need. Oh and I love your picture, Lani 🙂
Lani Anglin-Rosales
November 1, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Missy, check this out, it illustrates where to click the RSS option.
Paula, you’re right- they’re kind of like omniscient programmers that don’t sleep. THANK YOU for the compliments on the image… I have way too much fun with that stuff!
M Starr
November 3, 2008 at 5:34 am
Learn something new everyday. That looks like a very useful tool.
Mary Pope-Handy
November 3, 2008 at 9:21 am
Hi Lani,
That is a very helpful tip! I had relegated most of the google alerts to my gmail account (used mostly for listserves) but this is even better.
Thanks!
Danilo Bogdanovic
November 4, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Great tip! I’ve been using it to keep an eye out for posts/articles with certain local keywords as well as my name and blogs for a while now.
And thanks to Google Alerts, I caught a local blogger copying my content the other day.
Kay Baker Wilmington NC Real Estate
November 5, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Yes, I have been using google alerts and love it to follow my favorite blogs.
John Wake
November 11, 2008 at 8:37 pm
You can get a similar effect by going to https://news.google.com/ and personalizing the page with your own search terms.