Googlealert...what is it?

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  1. #1
    I was just scanned by a company called www. googlealert.com and after doing a fair bit of research I still don't know what it is.

    Did someone purposely target my site or was it an automated spider? Anyone with know-how on this company would be greatly appreciated!
     
    riftshighway, Jul 5, 2008 IP
  2. sunil_gupta20801

    sunil_gupta20801 Active Member

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    Here it is, it's just a service to provide people their interest

    http://www.googlealert.com/about.php
     
    sunil_gupta20801, Jul 5, 2008 IP
  3. salman4raza

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    #3
    this website is about website monitoring, may be some of you competitors wish to see you activities. just ignore.
     
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    grg Guest

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  5. nasskobar

    nasskobar Well-Known Member

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    I want to get the latest on website designing, internet marketing - seo and ppc so what I did is to throw in a few keywords like this -

    website designing news, web programming news, seo news, internet marketing news, ppc news, google adwords news, seo off page marketing news, seo forum, press release update

    But, this does not seem to work appropriately - what do you think I must change here?
     
    nasskobar, Jul 23, 2008 IP
  6. misch.chief

    misch.chief Active Member

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    Sounds dodgy to me
     
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  7. nasskobar

    nasskobar Well-Known Member

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    Do you mean the parameters I used for the Google Alert is not right? If so, tell me what must I use.
     
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  8. SEO_WatchDog

    SEO_WatchDog Well-Known Member

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    According to their DMOZ listing - it "Monitors professional interests online. Tracks the web for topics and sends new Google results by daily email. Not affiliated with Google."
     
    SEO_WatchDog, Jul 23, 2008 IP
  9. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    Guys:

    hxxp://www.googlealert.com/ Its a private company NOT GOOGLE. Read the footer for christ sake :)

    Google Alerts: A fantastic tool to those who know how to deal with it. :D
     
    scubita, Jul 24, 2008 IP
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    lightlysalted Active Member

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    thanks for explaining this I didn't know what it was either
     
    lightlysalted, Jul 24, 2008 IP
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    I'm surprised they get away with using Google's name.
     
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  12. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    Hey just noticed this: this is a new tool from same guys of copyscape. :rolleyes:

    Pretty cool, although the name...
     
    scubita, Jul 24, 2008 IP
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    pretty soon the law charges and other complaints will come for them
     
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    I dont think so. Perhaps they have a Patent as:

    Google     (global name, worldwide known, general + public) + Alerts (the tool the provide).

    Although Google is a trademark it can be used is special cases, maybe they have a deal with google... :confused:
     
    scubita, Jul 24, 2008 IP
  15. nasskobar

    nasskobar Well-Known Member

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    Wow, that was an eye opener.

    How would i create an alert to get the latest information on website designing, programming and internet marketing on "Google Alert"? (I think I did not word it correctly last time)
     
    nasskobar, Jul 24, 2008 IP