Comments on: Do You Use Google Alerts? http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/ Product Creation, Traffic, List Building, Automation = Internet Business Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Geoff Robertson http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10414 Geoff Robertson Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:54:22 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10414 It is the magic of RSS. It is the magic of RSS.

]]> By: Frank Haywood http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10412 Frank Haywood Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:08:45 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10412 <b>Amin</b>: Yes it's especially good for knowing how quickly your blog posts have been indexed. ;-) For instance I made this post at 9.40pm my time, and at 0:50am I received the Google alert. I usually get them within about 30 minutes, but I guess it depends on just when the SEs look at your site. Hmm, here's a thought. I haven't posted all week (since Monday) - I wonder if that affects how often Google checks your site? <b>Geoff</b>: It's funny isn't it? You pick these tools up, start using them and forget how useful they are. Yet I reckon 99% of marketers (or people interested in making money online) have never even heard of Google Alerts. Here's an interesting thing too. You both came to my blog and made a comment, yet I haven't sent an email out to my subscribers yet. Which are you using? The blog update tool or Google Alerts? ;-) Amin:

Yes it's especially good for knowing how quickly your blog posts have been indexed.  ;-)

For instance I made this post at 9.40pm my time, and at 0:50am I received the Google alert.  I usually get them within about 30 minutes, but I guess it depends on just when the SEs look at your site.

Hmm, here's a thought.  I haven't posted all week (since Monday) - I wonder if that affects how often Google checks your site?

Geoff:

It's funny isn't it?  You pick these tools up, start using them and forget how useful they are.

Yet I reckon 99% of marketers (or people interested in making money online) have never even heard of Google Alerts.

Here's an interesting thing too.  You both came to my blog and made a comment, yet I haven't sent an email out to my subscribers yet.

Which are you using?  The blog update tool or Google Alerts?  ;-)

]]> By: Geoff Robertson http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10411 Geoff Robertson Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:38:06 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10411 Hi Frank, I have used it for a while now. It announces new articles, blog posts and news feeds containing keywords of interest to me. It is a great tool AND it is free. Geoff Hi Frank,

I have used it for a while now. It announces new articles, blog posts and news feeds containing keywords of interest to me. It is a great tool AND it is free.

Geoff

]]> By: Amin http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10410 Amin Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:46:30 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/do-you-use-google-alerts/#comment-10410 Frank, a good piece of advice, as usual. For anyone who has never seen a Google alert arriving in their email it's quite fascinating. Seeing who - and where - your name, or website, is mentioned is quite instructional. It's also a very good way of testing how fast your content gets indexed. If you set up a Google alert on a phrase in your content that's unique, as soon as you get your Google alert notificatin you know big G have found it. For testing which methods work best to get them to look at your content, it's a very valuable free resource. Frank, a good piece of advice, as usual.

For anyone who has never seen a Google alert arriving in their email it's quite fascinating. Seeing who - and where - your name, or website, is mentioned is quite instructional.

It's also a very good way of testing how fast your content gets indexed. If you set up a Google alert on a phrase in your content that's unique, as soon as you get your Google alert notificatin you know big G have found it.

For testing which methods work best to get them to look at your content, it's a very valuable free resource.

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