Google Alerts are a great way to easily track content and receive updates directly in your inbox. To get started, make sure you are logged into your Google account and navigate to google.com/alerts. By default, Google will recommend that you set an alert for your profile name. Notice that your name is in quotes, so that only results that have your first name and last name together are included in the results.
Use the search box to setup alerts for additional topics you want to follow. Use best search term practices to populate the best results. Here are some examples and suggestions:
- "[your first name] [your last name]"
- "School District of the Menomonie Area"
- "Menomonie High School"
- location: Menomonie, WI
- "[your topic] location: Menomonie, WI
- "News" location: Menomonie, WI
- New [technology] this year or New [technology] 2017
Click show options to change:
- Choose often you receive notifications
- Select the types/formats of content to search
- Enter your language
- Choose region you want to receive information from
- Opt to see all results or top results
- Select the account you want to receive alerts
Once you have adjusted your settings, click create alert. You will now receive email notifications whenever Google finds search results for your topics.
To adjust or delete your alerts, simply navigate back to google.com/alerts and click the pencil to edit or the trash can to delete alerts for any topic. To stop alerts by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom or an alert email.
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