Google Alerts

4.7
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4.7
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About Google Alerts

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 and more. The system automatically monitors the content posted across multiple sources and send notifications based on users’ interests. Google Alerts allows subscribers to configure the frequency of notifications as daily, weekly or monthly. Additionally, users can change settings related to types of websites to search, language preferences, geographical locations, number of results to be displayed and add or remove email accounts for receiving information. Google Alerts uses indexing capabilities to analyze online content, match specific keywords and store results in a database. The service is available for free and support is extended via an online help center.
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Google Alerts has a free version.

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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
0

4.0
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.

Christopher
  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 10/07/2021

Google Alerts Review

My overall experience in this app is good and accurate with my schedule

Pros

The pros of this software are lots of them but is ease to use also it have a lot of options to get notified and alert to get attention of it

Cons

This specific software has a little bit of cons because sometimes has a slow charging or make the alert lately for the cause of the internet

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

3.0
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.

Vijeta
Vijeta
  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 19/02/2022

The best Surveillance Tool to monitor mentions & topics of interest

Very good. They deliver you complete details & mention the topics of alerts that have been set by you.

Pros

It's free, easy, and hassle-free to set up a large number of google alerts of our choice both to track brand mention, topics of interest, and competitors' activities and what're they to. We use them on a daily basis for improving our touchpoints and customer engagement to show our brand in a good light.

Cons

We need a lot of manual efforts to churn out the most useful information from the pool of links where topics of our alerts have been mentioned. It provides complete information that may consume a lot of time to hand-pick only useful information.

Laila
Laila
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4.0
Reviewed on 31/10/2021

be aware in real time with alerts!

Despite the fact that Google Alerts is a free service, it has enabled me to greatly increase my overall productivity. I have repeatedly lost out on funding opportunities and grant competitions that could have aided me in the past. Since I began using Google Alerts, I haven't missed a single grant opportunity or competition, and it has been a big benefit. It has been a tremendous benefit to me.

Pros

It's the simplest, quickest, and most cost-effective method to get your business online, and it's completely free. And one of the features I enjoy the most about the service is its adaptability in terms of how frequently I receive notifications and communications. When working with less urgent topics, I can avoid the inconvenience or distraction caused by real-time alerts while yet staying informed of developments as they occur. Rather than being inconvenienced or distracted by real-time alerts, I am free to concentrate on more critical activities.

Cons

Google Alerts should include content from key social media platforms, as this is where the vast majority of interactions occur, owing to social media's expanding relevance.

Rajesh
Rajesh
  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
0

4.0
Reviewed on 25/02/2021

Free alerts for your intrest

Pros

google alert is a good option to get alerts through e -mail or push notifications
various are the benefits of it like
1)available free
2)time saving as you can customize alerts for you and get updated in a particular interval of time .
3)it is helpful for people having less time to surf internet to search their topics of intrest .
4) you can set alert for job, games, sports and everything you wish in this way it helps you as an assistant who will show you only what you desire to see.

Cons

cons of google alerts .
1)limitation as it will mostly show the results which are listed in google for example if in my locality a school is having vacancy for a teacher and they have not listed it on google then the alert will not show me the advertisement for the vacancy .
2) most of the time it just work on the idea of key term search it means if you wish to participate in world record event and made an alert for it it will keep giving you mail having key word world record whether their is event or and old news .
3) some more filters can be added.

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

5.0
Reviewed on 25/07/2021

Best Solution For Alerts & Notifications

My overall experience with google alerts is very satisfied and i am enjoying this free of cost service with amazing features for last many years.

Pros

Google Alerts is a great cloud based tool to stay up-to-date on internet. It will track your interest and keep you well informed about the things you like on internet. Your appointments now will not be forgotten as you receive notification alerts before time. It also work as a excellent marketing tool and keep you up-to-date with latest trends. Google Alerts is helping both individuals and businesses in strengthening there overall working and operations on the Internet.

Cons

I have not found any cons in this excellent service which google is providing without any charges so i am completely satisfied with google alerts.

Arun Sarathy
Arun Sarathy
  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 23/03/2022

Best tool to track global 'keyword' mentions

Pros

I use Google alerts to set, track (and forget) specific keywords and brand names that I have used and in partnership with to create content for. This clearly sends me email notifications whenever the brand name is mentioned anywhere on the internet. Pretty decent. This takes me directly to the content so I need not speculate where a particular brand's blog post is written or mentioned. This keeps me certainly updated and on track so my face is saved whenever a brand asks me for blog posts. It basically helps me to study / research a keyword / brand name before committing.

Cons

Not much of insights or analytics, and bells and whistles. Just the alerts on specified keywords. Overall, good tool and nothing much to complain.

kikachukwu
kikachukwu
  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

4.0
Reviewed on 1/06/2022

A Review on Google Alerts

It has been a good experience and useful in helping shape marketing campaigns and directions.

Pros

Easy to use.
A good way to get related keywords

Cons

It can be annoying when it pops up all and sundry as part of its search.

Tanice
Tanice
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 17/11/2021

Most Convenient software I've ever used

Pros

The software is very effective and efficient in assisting me to get my task done in a timely manner. It helps me to be better at time management and prioritizing my daily tasks. The software is easy to use and very user friendly.

Cons

Based on my experience using this software in comparison to other software, I have no issue whatsoever.

Rose
  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 26/05/2023

Google alerts

Works very well. Love it. Keeps me on my toes ==)

Pros

Very helpful with keeping up to date with news and weather and personal alerts works great.

Cons

I'm not into politics and there is alot of it on there. That could go other than that great. Great app.

Harun
  • Industry: Graphic Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 5/09/2023

Google alerts searches to everything for you

It allows me to reach the keywords on the internet easily, so I can do marketing.

Pros

Thanks to Google Alerts, you can track relevant keywords on all crawled sites. In the tracking process, it sends an instant, daily or weekly notification message to your inbox.

Cons

It was a bit complicated to use at first, but it gets easier over time. You can integrate it into your daily work or company work and lighten the workload on you.

Klodian
  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 7/03/2023

Realtime news.

Excellent

Pros

The fact that I can get news about a certain topic. And without need of a search.

Cons

I am generally happy with this software.

Emanuela
  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5.0
Reviewed on 23/02/2023

My main source of information

A fundamental experience

Pros

It allows me to update myself every time and train my curiosity. Actuality and Simplicity are the keywords of this software.

Cons

The mails that sometimes get lost, but other than that I find everything perfect.

Shaswati
  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 1/12/2022

Google alerts Review

Pros

It is one of the most regular visiting application in my Mobile. I used to check for news alerts ,new competative exam schedule etc.

Cons

There is no such least for the application i regularly use the Google alerts for more News update.

Harold Jasper
  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5.0
Reviewed on 29/11/2022

GOOGLE alerts review by go

I love that it alerts me and reminds me everytime there is a new results regarding my interest.

Pros

It helps you search the things that has your interest hasstle free.

Cons

I cant think of any cons for this because it is verry helpful for me.

Ariana
  • Industry: Wholesale
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4.0
Reviewed on 23/02/2023

Google Alerts is very useful

Pros

It keeps you updated so you don't miss anything that happens. Easy to use, affordable price. Recommended.

Cons

It has things to improve, such as some details of its interface. But overall it's very good

Raj
  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 25/09/2021

Never Miss An Update About The Things You Care About

It is a valuable notification service for generating alerts on changes in content or targeted keywords. You can track what is important to you on a real-time basis. You can track important stuff as they happen. After implementing critical alerts, you are bound to comment something like this, “What an Idea!”

Pros

1. Whenever there is a change in chosen keywords or related content, you will get alerts as notifications.
2. The moment there are new results, you will get email notifications.
3. You can customize the frequency of notifications and choose all results or the best ones.
4. You can keep the search terms as wide or narrow as you want. The more niche and specific the keyword is, the better the alerts will be. So it is better to narrow down your keywords.
5. You can choose sources for your alerts: news, blog, webpages, and more.
6. It is a free service from Google and prevents lots of manual searches, saving you time and money.
7. You will never miss critical updates.
8. You can also redirect your email alerts to RSS, especially when the number of notifications is large. By the way, you can create up to 1000 alerts.
9. It can become an effective intelligence tool for your business.
10. It is pretty easy to set up.

Cons

1. It may be overwhelming if you are careless about the number of alerts and notifications.
2. It would be better if it included tracking of content inside leading social media platforms.
3. Some notifications may not be directly related to your keywords and may not be relevant at all.

Abdul Wahab
Abdul Wahab
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 20/01/2021

Google Alerts keeps updated directly in my inbox

It helped me a lot to be updated about the news of important words in timely and effective manner. Earlier, we were manually searching those words for relevant news and updates.

Pros

It helps to be updated straight in my inbox for any specific word if and when it appears anywhere on internet and learnt by google crawler. It allows to filter the alerts by source, language, region and even quality. I can choose the frequency of alerts. Above all, it is free.

Cons

The only thing, I noticed to be improved in google alerts is that it checks on any one word basis in case of multiple words like "DRAP Pakistan" but this shall be optional to either check for whole or each word.

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

5.0
Reviewed on 20/07/2021

Google Alerts will remind you of anything.

Overall everyone should use google alerts if they have a google device. If you have an iphone then find out if it works for you as well or maybe there is another iphone product that fits better.

Pros

Google alerts has many options for how many times you would like to be reminded and exactly when you would like to be reminded. It helps me keep track of important deadlines and events.

Cons

Syncing to your calendar can be confusing at first but once you get the hang of that you will be good to go. There are not many things i dislike about the alerts.

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

5.0
Reviewed on 3/09/2021

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.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Computer Hardware
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 5/12/2022

Simple and fuss-free way to be triggered on key news alerts

Overall this is a great product from a trusted tech giant.

Pros

Highly visual and connected to other Google suite of products both for enterprise and consumers

Cons

Alerts are often outdated by days or even weeks. The AI algorithm serving these up needs to be tweaked to serve more relevant and timely content.

Mayur
Mayur
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 23/09/2022

Excellent software for staying informed through notifications and updates.

Pros

Google alerts are the best way to stay updated in this fast-paced world. You can select the topics in which you are interested, and you will receive notifications about them. This app is simple to use.

Cons

There are no cons discovered as of yet, but notification or alert settings must be configured.

Laura
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 9/09/2021

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.

Fabio
Fabio
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4.0
Reviewed on 19/04/2021

Remember your appointment

It has been an amazing experience because nowadays I do not forget any of my appointments.

Pros

It is easy to schedule things you need to remember and you can access via cell phone, computer and in anywhere and whatever you want.

Cons

This software can not be useful for olders because they have to many options like events, tasks and reminder and it can be confusing for the user.

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