Google Alerts proactively searches the web for specific terms youve asked for, delivering you relevant content to you via email (or RSS feed) as often as you'd like.
A Google Alert can make you one of the first to hear breaking news, it can help you find your favorite influencers latest selfie, or it could even help you monitor the buzz around your own name.
Here's how to set up, customize, and delete a Google Alert .
Set up a Google alert
To set up a Google Alert, log into your Google account, then go to the Google Alerts page .
1. Type the search term you want to follow into the bar reading "Create an alert about..."
2. Click the blue box that reads "Create an alert."
That's it! You just created a Google alert. But your work isn't quite done. If you want Google to provide you relevant content that arrives on a specific schedule, there are a few more steps to take.
Customize a Google Alert
Go to your Alerts page and find the Google Alert you want to customize.
1. Click on the pencil icon to the right of the alert to open its settings.
2. Customize the alert as you wish, setting parameters on the language of the content you wish to receive alerts in, the regions from you'd like to get content, the types of content source that interests you, and so on.
3. Hit the blue "Update alert" box.
And if you want to have all your alerts delivered at a specific time, hit the gear icon to the right of the words "My alerts" and choose a time for delivery. You can limit your alert updates to once daily or even once weekly, though that rather defeats the point of getting the info quickly. You can also ask that Google deliver all your updates in a single email, rather than separately.
Delete a Google Alert
Deleting an alert is just as simple.
1. Go to your Google Alerts page.
2. Locate the trash can icon to the right of the alert you wish to delete and click it.
That's that the alert is gone.
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