What is Google Alerts?
Google Alerts are emails automatically sent to you when there are new Google results for your search terms. You can also choose to have your alerts delivered via feed to the feed reader of your choice (e.g., Google Reader or add the feed to your iGoogle page). We currently offer alerts with results from News, Web, Blogs, Video and Groups.
What benefit you can gain if you have google alert?
- Maybe you like commenting other blogs, but don't be rush on posting those comments to those blogs that are not related to your niche you cover. You may already knew how important commenting on blogs, so take this chance to know who are those blogs you should give your comments through the help of google alert.
- You may want to know what are the ideas of the other bloggers who cover the same niche as yours. Google alert will sent an email to you who are those good bloggers who have also cover the search term you choose. So meaning, you are updated for the new information you want to know and also could make your own articles to share from the ideas you have on the topic other blogger covers. You could also link to them or maybe ask them to have a link exchange.
- You can choose the keywords you promote on your blog and know other blogger who also promotes the same keywords as yours. So you will knew who are your rivals on the niche or keyword you promote.
- Instead of making a competition with other blogger that also promoting the same niche as yours, why you won't make friends with them, and help each other? Building relationship with other blogger is one of the best ways to build your credibility as a blogger. And Google Alerts will help you on that.
