As a courtesy if I ever blog about anyone (good or bad) I let them know it’s there. I did this recently about Neighborhoodies.
The founder Michael sent me an email back saying – “I already know… Google Alerts baby! Thanks”.
I’ve since set up on things which are of interest to me. It saves me a great deal of time, which at present is my most scarce resource.
The really cool thing is it’s better than an RSS feed, because it’s the google bot doing all the hard work crawling the entire web for you. Every nook and cranny.
All start ups should set some up on topics of interest; themselves, their startup, their industry, their competitors, their whatever….
Click on the image above and go straight there…
Do it. Go now. Bye.
Great post. I use google alerts all the time.
I use them to:
1) check where my website is listed
2) Who mentions my name
3) to get ideas for my blog
4) to get ideas for press releases
5) to find additional keywords to target
and much more…