Setup Google Alert for Specific Web Site

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to setup a Google Alert for a specific web site.

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   Make sure you have your browser open and go to https://www.google.com/alerts

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   Once you are on the Google Alerts page, click the search bar and begin typing your search terms

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   For this tutorial, let's type "site:visihow.com". You can also use any web site you would like to follow.

   

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   If you scroll down on the page, you can see an alert preview showing the types of items I might receive

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   If you want to receive an alert for a specific item on this web site, add a search term in quotations before the site address

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   For this tutorial, let's type "iPhone" at the beginning of our search field. This will filter the alert preview so that you see all of the items related to "iPhone" on the VisiHow web site as they appear.

   

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   You can add additional search terms by typing "or" and the additional term in quotation marks

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   Now, click the space after "iPhone" and add "or 'Android'" in the search bar. Then, the alert preview will show results for both iPhone and Android.

   

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   When you are happy with the kind of results you receive, click "Show options"

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   In the options menu, you can choose the frequency of your Google alert

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   By clicking the first drop-down menu next to "How often", you can choose "As-it-happens", "At most once a day", or "At most once a week". The next field is "Sources". Let's leave the "Sources" as "Automatic". "Sources" is followed by "Language" and "Region". Let's leave them at their default settings.

   

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   The following field is "How many"

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   Click to show "All results" in the drop-down menu. This will help you make sure that you're getting everything off of the web site.

   

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   Then, you can choose the delivery method

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   You can choose to have it delivered to your inbox, or you can create an "RSS feed".

   

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    When you are satisfied with your settings, choose the blue button that says "CREATE ALERT"

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    Then, once the item that matches your search terms has been published on the specific web site you've selected and indexed by Google, you will be notified either in your inbox or on your RSS feed, depending on your settings. This will allow you to review the newly published article.

    

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