A nice way to find out when you get back-links and Google indexes your pages

To do this go to:
http://www.google.com/alerts

Fill in the form like this, for back-links:
Type 'link:www.yourdomain.com' (Without quotes) in the 'Search term' field
Change 'Type' to 'Web'
Change 'How often' to 'as-it-happens'
And write your email address in the 'Your email' field

Google will send you an email with a confirmation link, click that link and you are all set, you will get emails when ever Google updates your back-links. (Internally they update every day though)

If you want to get emails when ever Google indexes a page on your website, go to:
http://www.google.com/alerts

Type 'site:www.yourdomain.com' (Without quotes) in the 'Search term' field
Fill all the other fields as above and you are all set.

I know many of you know this but I thought it might help someone

 

Very nice, I never knew that! Thanks!

 

thank's for the tips, I'll try to my blog

 

I never used this tool before

 

already knew this and using it thanks anyways

 

Thanks. That saves my time on checking an update.

 

Hey thanks so much for sharing, this will really help out. Got any more tips?

 

Sure, if I come across something useful I will post it here for sure.

 

Also if you want to get an email when someone writes about you:

Go to:
http://www.google.com/alerts

Fill in the form like this:
Type "www.yourdomain.com" (with double quotes) in the 'Search term' field
Change 'Type' to 'Comprehensive' <-- Only for these ones; for back-links and indexed pages be sure to choose 'Web'
Change 'How often' to 'as-it-happens'
And write your email address in the 'Your email' field

Now make another alert like this:
Type "Exact Title of Your Website" (with double quotes) in the 'Search term' field
Change 'Type' to 'Comprehensive'
Change 'How often' to 'as-it-happens'
And write your email address in the 'Your email' field

And you are all set

 

I'll try it out

 

Nice tip. You've got a greenie

 

Thanks!
Much appreciated!

 

Great info,thanks for sharing.

 

It would be even nicer if Google actually showed you more than a tiny fraction of your backlinks

 

Yes, but this is easier than going to Google.com and typing link:...

 

never used it before , thanks for sharing

 

Thnx for sharing the info. I was unaware of this. Thnx

 

This tool will send you an email (almost instantly) for example when that 7 increases to 8 or so.

 

I have been using google alerts for some time now for my blog. Its really a cool thing and would show me whenever somebody links to my blog or whenever my page is indexed with google.

 

Thanks for this, adding it to my toolbox.