Often friends and readers asked me how I keep myself updated with the technology news that is happening so fast. Well, there’s couple of methods I’m frequently using. Speed reading RSS feed is one of them, but few months ago I’ve discovered a more efficient method - Google Alert.
Google Alert service fetch the news you want to read right into your mailbox. Insert relevant search terms, select how frequent you want Google to send and where to send them. And voila, you’ll be reading almost first hand news in your mailbox everyday.
Tip: Use your name or domain name as search item to find out who’s talking about you on the internet,or blogosphere.
Getting new from the blogosphere
If you are looking for blog posts instead of news, you can apply the Google alerting service within blogsearch.google.com. Here’s how you do it:
- Go to blogsearch.google.com
- Insert keywords, click Search.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, you can create email alert, add to Google homepage or even subscribe to a feed based on your search string.
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Comments
syamsulariff.com February 26th, 2008
i subscribe any blog that frequently update about certain topic..
thanks for the info..ill try g-alert now..
ReplyCarbono February 26th, 2008
Nice tips, i’ll do this.
ReplyKay February 26th, 2008
Good idea!
ReplyJawwad February 27th, 2008
Very smart man! I will try it out.
ReplySteve Yu February 27th, 2008
Currently I am running out of idea on what to post on my blog, so this might help me. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Replyarejae February 27th, 2008
thanks for the useful tips. :)
ReplyChinese Love Novel February 27th, 2008
I learn a lot , thanks !!
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