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Google Alerts is a content change detection and notification service, which sends email alerts to subscribers when the system finds specific search results or mentions of terms across web pages, blogs, newspaper articles, topics...

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Andrew
Andrew
  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
4
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 11/11/2020

Simple and functional

Great.

Pros

Google alerts are great for keeping me up to date on mentions of my brand on the web.

Cons

Data isn’t always complete, particularly with press mentions which are often missed.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 07/01/2021

Staying Informed

When states were beginning to change the sales tax laws for how businesses needed to charge customers, I setup Google Alerts to keep me informed on the latest articles related to the laws being changed. This let me keep informed on which states were implementing changes and how I needed to adjust my business billing processes to ensure I was compliant.

Pros

Being able to setup Alerts for various keywords allows me to easily stay informed on topics relevant to my business. I am able to keep receiving new information instead of having to research information continuously. The ability to set notification preferences with different timeframes and aggregation levels makes the Alerts relevant for me based on topic. Some alerts I like to receive weekly. Other alerts I have setup to send me the information continously.

Cons

At times I receive false positive results from my Alerts. However, this is usually resolved by ensuring keywords are more specific. Using quotes around keywords can help improve the results as well. Sometimes I need to refine an alert to make sure it stays relevant and provides me the accurate results. Editing an alert is simple though, so it does not cause any issue.

Nidhin
  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
1

3
Reviewed on 21/04/2021

Google alerts usage review

Overall experience is neutral as it is not useful as searching in google search

Pros

Easy to use, Available within google chrome, fast results

Cons

Some of the search results lack authenticity a it may be outdated.

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Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 11/05/2021

Treasure

Very helpful tools to track changes and update in the related insdustry news, or manage and monitor compatitors realted topics and poromtion ,very helpful tools

Pros

very professional and support tools to run both your personnal and business issues. With google alert you are able to track update the topics you are intrest . Usually i Set the topics i'm intrested in to track at once, And the best thing is ability to track your compatitors campaign or publications , Also keep my update of any articles , news , publication for my indestry. Very usful tool

Cons

The only issue with google alert is sometimes to don't recieve alerts , despite the fact that there is changes in content or update from the business community.

Angela
Angela
  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

4
Reviewed on 18/04/2022

It's a great tool for solopreneurs

Pros

Technically wise, this product is easy to use, and I get much out of it. I get valuable information. Being up-to-date in a fast and easy way is fundamental in my job.

Cons

As I said earlier, sometimes the results aren't much on target. The most important part of this service is choosing relevant words and phrases. Maybe something could be done to improve the process of optimization and find more contextualized information.

Denise Nicole
Denise Nicole
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
N/A

4
Reviewed on 28/10/2021

Turn on your Google Alerts now!!

Turning your google alert is life-changing because it automatically send you email about the updates of the keywords you use and search online. So, all related content will pop-up and it is so convenient because you do not have to think for a keyword to search for more information . Google alerts will do it for you for free!

Pros

What I like about this is that it keeps me updated about the topics I follow and search. I can keep track with the local content and news. It sends me notifications about the activities I do online.

Cons

I do not have any complain about this software because it is so useful especially I am so busy with my school works but google alert keeps me updated about my online activities and notifies me about the trends, news, and blogs that I read and follow.

Omer
Omer
  • Industry: Printing
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
3

4
Reviewed on 02/11/2020

Great Free Tool to Stay Up to Date

A great tool to compete if used wisely.

Pros

Keeps the person up to date. It is free to use and is customizable. One can customize the alerts as they wish. This saves time and effort to research for new topics. I have a small Print on Demand business and I receive emails related to POD daily in my inbox. It gives me new ideas and helps me to stalk on my competitor's shirt designs and keeps me updated about the latest POD trends.

Cons

It sends so many emails sometimes and I don't have enough time to read them all. Also its interface looks outdated and not engaging. It needs redesigning and more customization options. Also, it sends irrelevant news articles sometimes which I am not interested in reading.

Rebecca
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 24/09/2022

Keeps me in the know!

I have been using Google Alerts for a couple years now. I have gleaned valuable trend information & keywords on a weekly basis. I set my alerts once and I'm done.

Pros

The simplistic design makes it easy for me to set a weekly alert specifically for the knowledge I am looking for. This is a real time saver since I don't have to manually put in search criteria each week. I get an email with condensed articles and choose the ones I want to read. I am so thankful to have the information I need come right to me. I get pertinent trend information and keywords to keep me on top of my game.

Cons

Sometimes the articles in the weekly email are not exactly on topic.

Daniella
  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 23/09/2020

Can't go wrong with google alerts!

I use Google Alerts to make sure that I do not miss important meetings and appointments. I also use it to remind me to complete daily tasks that need to be done. It's extremely helpful!

Pros

Google Alerts is a simple concept, but extremely helpful. It's easy to set up, and helps you organize important things to remember. It's great for busy people who want to make sure they do not forget anything important. It's easy to use, and simple to choose exactly how you want to be alerted chicken

Cons

There's nothing that I didn't like about google alerts, it's very helpful to the user and simple to set up.

Yesenia
Yesenia
  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 07/04/2021

Stay in the know!

Pros

Been using this for years! Best way to keep in the know with competitors and the market!

Cons

I get daily emails that I sometimes don't look at. It gets tedious.

Allan
  • Industry: International Affairs
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 03/09/2021

I never have to miss an update anymore

Because I can get very caught up in work, I usually don’t have so much time on my hands to browse through endless web pages to fish out all the interesting updates on the topics I have interest in. With google alerts, I am able to keep up without the needing to sacrifice any of my work time.

Pros

It’s free to use and allows a lot of flexibility in setting up the frequency of notifications. Therefore I am able to minimize distractions as much as possible, even while tracking high interest subjects or developments.

Cons

Getting the search sources cover major social media websites will make it a complete solution.

Xorla
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

5
Reviewed on 26/05/2021

know the most in the least time

Personally, I have loved it tremendously. I no longer digress so much while consuming news and event updates of interest. It therefore allows me to save precious time by doing all the filtering and searches for me.

Pros

Tied to google, it sources its output from the largest domain possible. I hardly miss out on any development related on my subject or event of interest. Also, setting up alerts is quite easy and simple.

Cons

Getting the optimal keywords composition can be quite tricky. Too broad and you get overwhelmed by notifications from several false or unrelated updates; too narrow and you might end up missing out on several important update sources.

Laura
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 09/09/2021

Google Alerts is my go-to for checking my competition

Google Alerts is a great tool to find hidden business. No one would have the time to check all the sites and all the news releases, Google Alerts does it for you.

Pros

Google Alerts is almost a "set it and forget it" software. Once you put in your search terms you are alerted with links to articles and sites where that term is used. It is how we first found out one of out major competitors were filing for bankruptcy! We have a pretty niche market, so it helps us find out when there is something or someone new in the industry as well as help find new projects.

Cons

There are a lot of spam and churn sites that come through in the alerts, but you can find those pretty easily by looking at the URLs.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 11/07/2021

Easy, Free Catch-All Alerts

As a member of the PR team, it's critical we stay up-to-date on certain topics that are trending in the news, as well as company mentions. Google Alerts saves us a ton of manual searching by sending an email as soon as a given search term is published. It's an absolute life saver for our industry.

Pros

Google Alerts allow us to track news coverage and any mentions of both the company or specific topics that are trending. It allows you to customize with Boolean search terms for hyper specific, accurate results at any cadence you want.

Cons

For more generic searches, the alerts typically return a huge amount of results - however, this is is pretty easily worked around by using Boolean searches.

Kyle
  • Industry: Sports
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 19/07/2021

We start our day reviewing Google Alerts

Overall experience has been exceptional as we are daily users of Google Alerts. It makes us more informed and productive as a team.

Pros

Google Alerts have been very helpful in our business keeping us informed of industry news and trends. We start our day by reading a daily digest of keywords that our clients are searching as well as keywords we need to stay abreast of the breaking news and make informed business decisions.

Cons

The alerts can become redundant and repetitive for larger keyword terms and subject matters. It's typical on a busy news day for the alerts to flood your email box unless you have them managed.

Barbara
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
N/A

4
Reviewed on 06/05/2021

Perpetual Research with Set-and-Forget Googling

Instead of searching, I can use my time curating relevant information that I can share with my clients and audiences in a timely manner.

Pros

What I love most about Google Alerts is that it saves me time and frustration. Instead of trolling through news outlets every day, I tell Google what I need and it arrives in my email box several times a day. I also have other less urgent alerts delivered via RSS that I can access when needed

Cons

It's funny that THE search engine masters of the universe sometimes deliver alerts that are laughably irrelevant to the keywords that were requested.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Individual & Family Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 15/02/2022

I like Google Alerts because it's always quick to detect and report via registered email alerts

I get greater access to the news, ease of research.

Pros

With the alert, searches and access to information are faster. I can read the content and information on time, not missing any interesting content in the current time.I can read the content and information on time, not missing any interesting content, in current time.

Cons

You could more easily get the information to edit the alerts created and your definitions of desire whenever you get some alert, leaving a tab asking your wish, so the alerts would be more dynamic and handled.

Maria
  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 13/04/2020

How I Use Google Alerts For My Business

The problem that is solved by using Google Alerts is not having to hire a content writer. I can have alerts sent to me to find the content I am needing without having to search.

Pros

The feature that is most impactful is having alerts sent to you daily, that allows my business to create syndicated content for Social Media. Google Alerts is very easy to use. This allows my business to have easier processes when alerts are sent surrounding a particular subject I am interested in reading.

Cons

Google Alerts sends a lot of alerts so it can fill your email up.

Saleha
  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 14/02/2021

Google Alerts Review

Pros

Google Alerts, which is free to use, are send when people are talking about your company or a specific colleague or a particular keyword you want to follow. It is really user-friendly for most of the basic parts. It does not take more than a few mins to set up the alerts system to keep track trends of a company.

Cons

The least feature of this software would be data, which is not always complete specially with press mentions are missed most often.

Shilpa
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 19/07/2023

Alerts You for New Things

Pros

The Best Thing it is free of cost.Get Alerted for new change ,new business, new offers etc.,Easy to use.

Cons

Need to improve the search features as it didn't show relevant things sometimes.It get messed up sometimes.

Figo
  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 27/10/2023

Google Alerts Always on time !

i love using google alerts beaucause its free tool to get the latest information and trends in your interests and work. its very developed tool i hope to be continue tanks

Pros

What I like about Google Alerts is the seamless integration within the Google product system.

Cons

The only draw back is that sometimes the mail fills up and becomes too much,but other than that I like it.

Adam
  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

5
Reviewed on 11/02/2022

Lighweight, super helpful

This has been a part of my workflow for a few years. It's very easy to swap alerts in and out, or update what you see and how often. I even use it to keep track of people.

Pros

This is an incredibly easy way for me to keep tabs on some of the clients I work with (eg, getting industry news and competitor updates) as well as some of the websites I monitor.

Cons

I guess it took a little toying around to get it set up properly. For example, with proper names I learned that using "name" quotes like that made it much more accurate and manageable.

Deann
  • Industry: Religious Institutions
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
N/A
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
N/A

4
Reviewed on 27/09/2021

Does the hard work for you

Google Alerts helps me stay up to date on the ever-changing information that is critical for me to do my job well and it saves me time in the process.

Pros

Google Alerts saves you from wasting so much time searching the internet for information important to you. You can create an alert for any topic you want and set the frequency it is delivered to your email, sources it pulls information from, and what area of the world you want the information from. You can also turn off the alerts at any time.

Cons

Google Alerts seems to work best for broad topics and not specific.

Ashton
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 13/04/2020

Google Alerts review

I like to use Google Alerts because I like to be in the know and on trend with the world around me. I like that I can control the frequency at which I receive alerts and customize the alerts to what is important to me

Pros

Google Alerts is a free tool that allows you to stay on trend and up to date within your interest or industry.

Cons

If not managed properly, there can be an over abundance of alerts, and can be considered annoying.

Matteo
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 21/07/2021

Incredibly easy to manage and use

Very easy to set up and use. Great for managing day to day tasks, in level of priority, as well as meetings.

Pros

Love being able to schedule my entire workday on the basis of priority, with alerts that never allow me to forget important meetings or tasks.

Cons

Easy to use, but every once in a while the alert doesn't pop up, so I miss a task until I go into my account and find it.

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