How to Set up Google Alerts to Stay up to date
Would you like to be notified when something about news, products, companies, or even a personal name is published online? You can receive notifications from Google Alerts when specific terms are used online.
You can set up notifications to get information using the change detection and alerting tool Google Alerts. You only need a Gmail account to get started setting up and modifying these alerts.
Google Alerts, however, has benefits beyond only enhancing your self-confidence. Monitoring mentions of your company or brand might reveal chances for link-building, brand-building, collaborations, and other things.
It is a completely free application that is excellent for novices. Even though it is owned by Google, it doesn’t capture every web mention.
How are we aware? because Ahrefs Alerts is a web monitoring tool we have. We conducted a little experiment to examine how many results were produced by each tool, and we discovered that Ahrefs Alerts produced 2,376% more results overall.
How to create a Google Alert
To create a Google Alert, complete the following steps:
- From your computer or mobile device, go to google.com/alerts. When you log in to google.com/alerts, Google will ask if you want to create alerts based on your name.
- Type in the topic for which you wish to receive alerts. Type in the topic about which you would like to receive alerts.
- Click “Create Alert.”
How to modify a Google Alert
Google gives you the option to modify your alert. Click “Show Options” rather than “Create Alert,” as instructed in Step 3 above.
- The up and down arrows can be used from here to adjust the alert features:
- Alert frequency: Choose to receive an alert as it happens, once a day, or once a week.
- Sources: Opt to receive notifications from all sources, or customize to receive notifications from blogs, videos, or the news.
- Language: Select a language or ask for notifications from all languages.
- Location: Receive notifications from all regions, or select a specific country.
- Quality: Choose to receive what Google deems as “only the best results,” or select “All results.”
- Delivery method: Select which account will receive your alerts.