Google Alerts

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.

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.

Pros

Easy to use, Available within google chrome, fast results

Cons

Some of the search results lack authenticity a it may be outdated.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pros

Easy to set up, alerts come right in your inbox

Cons

Would be nice if it could pull from other platforms

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.

Pros

It's crazy easy to use. Set up an alert, and then you get email in a predefined interval. Easy as that.

Cons

Information doesn't always seem to be very relevant!

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.

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.

Pros

I find it impressive that this product is made available for free. It's also very user-friendly, it took me all of two seconds to create alerts that help me keep track of trends in my industry. I also like how you can customize the frequency of these alerts so as to not flood your inbox.

Cons

I'm very fond of using Alerts but I do wish there were more options in terms of the source. Most of the alerts are coming from web news but they are not being pulled from social media sources like Reddit which I find can also be a good information source.

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.

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.

Pros

I love the fact one will get notified about ANYTHING that a user sets alerts for. It's great to stay updated and informed.

Cons

What I like least about Google Alerts is that it will notify you about a topic with an article, scholarly journal, etc that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. For instance, I will have "Wells Fargo" as my topic but will get articles "mentioning" it not just articles "about" it.

Pros

They have the ability to track your activity, all of the notifications come straight to your phone, as well as email alerts.

Cons

I don’t dislike anything about this software.

Pros

I love how I can set it and let it look for new content for me and it leaves me more time to do other things. Instead of having to keep coming back to a site for new content. Alerts watches them for me and lets me know when there is something new. Such a time saver!

Cons

It doesn't really monitor Social Media. I have to be very specific of what I am looking for, otherwise Google will miss it or not get it right. But I've learned to work with it.

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.

Pros

It is a tool with very basic functions, those necessary to monitor relevant and interesting news.

Cons

Its functions are limited, basically it is limited to reporting Google searches when they happen at the moment.

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.

Pros

Working from home full time and having four kids can be quite overwhelming. Google Alerts keeps my organized and I never forget about meetings, appointments or due dates.

Cons

I have not have any issues with this software

Pros

I can set it and forget my alerts for market updates in a variety of industries. Getting all this information would take months to obtain. I can decide if I want to find out more information from the list it provides or not.

Cons

There's too many and it can become overwhelming. It is wise to set it up where you get weekly alerts because it can clutter up your inbox really quickly. I haven't seen the option where I can really exactly what I want to see. I would like to see more tailored options for alerts.

Pros

I enjoy having the monitoring on my website. I like the fact that there's an email sent for every separate business transaction or inquiry as well.

Cons

I thought that Google alerts would have a longer free trial period originally.

Pros

The most important thing that I love about Google Alerts is that, I get all alerts it could be a simple alert for anything. or an ad that pops up. or alerts that someone has tried to log into your Google account from an unknown device. i advise for the 2 step login.

Cons

The only issue that I have with Google is that if you dont know your password or dont have the 2 step verification then it wont work.

Pros

I get the results I need when I want them!!! No problems, it just works!

Cons

Any accidently added alert is my absolute pet peeve!

Pros

Ease of set up and use of Google Alerts

Cons

Sometimes the alerts can be distracting and annoying

Pros

It's a fantastic tool if you need media monitoring for some client, issue or campaign! I've set the alerts and so far they've been of great help. It makes our job more efficient because it's easier not to miss any mentions in the media, plus getting the alerts via email makes it all the more practical for us.

Cons

We use different methods for media monitoring, and sometimes we find some articles by googling about the client/camapaign that we don't receive with the google alerts.

Pros

As a freelance marketer, as soon as I get a new client I set up alerts for their company name, a few core keywords in their sector and niche ones. I get alerts as they happen, which can drown you, but on the positive side you see so much. You get mentions of the brand, you see what competitors are doing, identify any theft of your content, and learn as well. It does pick up words and stuff that aren't always spot on, but to be honest it has broadened my media consumption.

Cons

Only complaint is more the human nature effect of if I have a few 'less interesting' stories or mentions, my brain will file all of them for a week or so as useless. It can overwhelm, or sometimes daily alerts are too few but this isn't a product fault. I imagine paid for tools offer more customisation and heavier 'brand mentions' but for b2b this is plenty.

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.

Pros

It's easy to set up and you can be very specific.

Cons

It's a great service. Nothing bad to note.

Pros

It is a nice way to get notified via email through Google Alerts.

Cons

Sometimes it can get to be a lot when receiving a lot of alerts.

Pros

Google Alerts is a very straight forward tool to use. Setting up alerts for certain keywords of interest is as easy as typing the same on the console. Nothing more is required from you. When new content about your keyword pops up across the web, you will be alerted immediately so that you can take the necessary action. You can even specify the frequency with which you want the alert to come. In my fitness career, Google Alerts helps me stay on top of everyone and everything in my industry - For example, fitness content from my mentors in the fitness space, keeping me informed and upto date as far as my industry is concerned.Another useful aspect of Google Alerts is the fact that information from the alerts is scanned across different sources including social media, forums, blogs. This gives you confidence enough that you will not miss out on any critical information.

Cons

The downside of Google Alerts is that it the alerts can be quite overwhelming, especially if we are talking about a common topic that is likely have a lot of traction online.

Pros

Google Alert helps in getting timely alerts, in a busy life. All important updates and alerts come right to our email as we set.

Cons

I wish they had a timer to set a specific time to set an alert, as we might miss the alert in a mailbox, if it has a time-specific alert, then it helps the user to check the alert at their available time.

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.

Pros

Provides instant notifications about our website, easy to configure and deploy

Cons

Software requires a lot of knowledge to create reports

Pros

Automated integration with all Google platforms

Cons

Google Alerts has everything I need. Nothing that I dislike about it.

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.

Pros

Google Alerts is the best, it gives me news of new content daily, which I want, the best thing is that its alert comes at the same time when we want it.

Cons

The rest is fine Google Alerts, but sometimes it works in such a way that we want only blog content alerts, but videos are also included in it, due to which we also get confused.

Pros

Google Alerts is very helpful for web monitoring in terms of finding specific keywords and easy to set up.

Cons

The notifications can be a little repetitive or unnecessary at times if not refined enough.

Pros

Google Alerts provides the peace of mind that any user needs. It is the electronic security that puts one's mind at rest

Cons

Though it may seem a bit intrusive at times, the protection supersedes this annoyance

Pros

What I like most about this program is the time it takes to collect all the posts on a topic (of interest to me).

Cons

The accuracy of the results is not as it should be, as sometimes the results are far from (the designated topic).

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.

Pros

Its real time alert system help us to monitor our website on time.Its early schedule notification feature are ultimate due to this I am able to do my task on time.

Cons

all features provided in google alerts are good for me.I dint find anything is undesirable.

Pros

Google Alerts keeps me updated with the latest information. Which proves to be useful in my line of work.

Cons

The specific words or search terms used and information shared might not be directly related to my area of expertise. The alerts on specific words at times are not directly relevant to the information I am seeking.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Google Alerts

Pros

Google alert is very useful in getting notified about various topic. It send the alert quickly and the information is also accurate.

Cons

Till date i havnt found anything. I'm mostly loving it.

Pros

It is easy to setup, customizable, easy to use tool. Anyone can use it without any hassle in their daily work routine

Cons

We need to be very precise what sort of information we need otherwise due to its global nature lots of unnecessary inputs can flood you