Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
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Step 1
Obtain an e-mail account to use to receive an alert. Use an existing account or setup a new using GMail or Yahoo.
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Step 2
Decide on the type of alerts to receive. Alerts can be sent for many different things such as people, places and events.
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Step 3
Go to the Google Alerts web page and enter search terms. Multiple terms can be used or one alert can be setup at a time.
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Step 4
Select the type of alert to receive. If comprehensive is used alerts will be sent for all types.
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Step 5
Select how often to receive an alert and enter a valid e-mail address. Keep in mind that there can be very few or quite many alerts sent.
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Step 6
Click on the blue link on the page to manage existing alerts. After an alert is set it may need to be deleted or changed.
Comments
rickmac said
on 4/9/2009 Thanks. I didn't know about Google Alerts. Nicely written.