Comments on: How Useful Are Google Alerts?

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Bookmarks about Useful — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:00:12 +0000

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By: Knowledge Nuggets from Word Sell Conversationalists

Knowledge Nuggets from Word Sell Conversationalists — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:09:48 +0000

[...] Swim recommended Addictomatic as a newsgathering tool in response to a post on Google Alerts. Check it out — it collects Web pages from a wide range of news sites, bookmarking sites, [...]

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:31:59 +0000

Karen, another fine tip – thank you. Addictomatic sounds easy to use, which is a plus.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:26:36 +0000

Hey Brad! I use them for work related search terms and of course my own business but they are not perfect. I use the specificity tools mentioned by others but still not perfect. To round it out I also use Addictomatic (sits on your toolbar and allows you to type your search term) and Summize. Addictomatic is pretty nifty because I can run it whenever I want and I always get different results than Google.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:03:10 +0000

Justin, looks interesting … I’ll have to check it out!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:07:36 +0000

Their is an alternative! My name is Justin and i am a developer for Filtrbox.com. At Filtrbox, we use our Filtr Rank technology that is in tune with your needs – to better deliver concentrated content. Filtrbox provides you with daily emails and a rich online dashboard that allows you to view history, search, share articles and more. Not only do we search mainstream and blogs, but we also search over twitter and friendfeed. I am really proud of what we are doing at Filtrbox and i hope you will give it a try, sign up is FREE. We even import Google Alerts directly, so adding your content and filtering the results is easy. P.S.- many of Google Alerts articles are found from Google News and Google Blog search.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:05:01 +0000

Robert, glad to hear I’m not the only one befuddled by Google Alerts. Problem with my WP stats is that it doesn’t seem to capture links to pages (as opposed to posts.

By: Robert Hruzek

Robert Hruzek — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:09:55 +0000

I’ve felt the same way about the one I have set up for the Zone. More often than not, it returns a valid link – but it’s days, weeks, or even months old! Since I’m not using it in a business sense, I don’t consider it important enough to continue. The Zone’s own WP dashboard sees the same things, but far more timely.