How to set up Google Alerts for your Name - 4 (Simple) Steps [with Tips & Tricks]

Technology becomes so powerful nowadays that now you can be easily altered when you're mentioned by anyone across the internet.

All you have to do is set up Google Alerts for your Name.

So in this blog post, I will be explaining How to set up a Google Alert for your Name, How it Works, Google Alert Tips and Tricks, and why you should set up it.

How to Set up Google Alert for your Name?

Follow the below steps to set up a Google alert for your name.

1. Go to the Google Alerts website and sign in with your Google account.



2. Type your name in the "Create an alert about" box. Once you enter your name you can see the preview of your alert in the Alert Preview section.







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3. After entering the name, click on "show options" to customize your google alerts like how often, language, region, and etc.







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4. Select the "Create Alert" button to set up Google Alert for your entered name after personalizing it.

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You can find your name added to your My Alerts section.

Thus this how you can set up Google Alert for your name.

How Google Alerts Work

When a user sets an alert for a query, the Google Alerts sends a notification email to the users' registered email account whenever it finds new results that match the user's given query across the whole internet such as in web pages, news articles, blog posts, and etc.

Thus this how Google alerts works.

Google Alerts without Gmail

You can also set up Google Alerts without your Gmail account, 

1. Go to the Google Alerts website and make sure you aren't logged in with your Google account. If you're then log out from your Google account.


2. Enter the search term in the "Create an alert about" box. 


3. Enter your desired email address or RSS URL in the "Enter Email" box to receive the alerts.







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4. Click "Create Alert" to start receiving Google Alerts.

Thus this how to create Google Alerts without Gmail.

Google Alerts Tips and Tricks

1. Set Desired Delivery Time - You can choose the time of day to receive your Google Alters on the settings menu.


2. Set How Often to Receive - You can also choose how often to receive alerts whether "At most Once a day" or "At most once a week" on the settings menu.


3. Use Quotations to get Specific Results - When you add a query with quotations, Google Alerts will look for that specific query and find the best results out of millions.


4. Use Hyphen to filter results - You can exclude a phrase by adding a hyphen (-) in front of the phrase. For example, by adding "-Blogging Tools" in the search box, Google Alerts will exclude the results that include the phrase blogging tools.


5. Use Tide to get alter for Synonyms - By adding a tide (~) in front of the search terms, you receive alters for the synonyms and similar terms for your main query.


6. Set Alert for Specific Domain - You can set an alert for a query from a specific domain by adding that website's URL before the search term. (eg - techsmp.blogspot.com + TechsMP)


7. Can change Delivery Email Address - You can change your Google Alerts' delivery email address on the setting menu.


8. Can use RSS Feed - You can use your RSS feed to receive your alerts instead of your email.


9. Combine Search Terms - Add two search terms to get precise alerts like " Blogging + SEO".


10. Use "Only the Best Results" option - For search terms use "Only the Best Results" instead of "All Results" in the "How many" section to filter out results from low-quality websites.


11. Create Folder for Google Alerts Emails - If you want a clean email inbox then create a folder for your Google Alerts email to direct all your alerts there which will help you to organize your emails and makes your inbox looks good.

Thus these are some best Google Alerts Tips and Tricks that I have from the Internet.

 

Benefits of using Google Alerts

Setting up Google Alerts helps you to,

1. Monitor the Internet - If you set up a Google Alert for your name, you get to know whenever your name is mentioned across the whole internet. You can also use this for your Company, website, YouTube Channels, and for any search query.


2. Prevent Plagiarism - If you're a content creator this is very useful for you to identify the people who steal your content. You can easily identify copy-paste plagiarisers by creating an alert using a specific sentence from your blog post and you get an alert when a person uses that exact sentence in their blog post. 


3. Monitor Backlinks - Using this tool you can easily find and monitor when someone links to you using the exact term that you set an alert for. 


4. Track Competitors - You can also use this find monitor your competitors whenever someone mentions them on the internet. If someone gave a backlink to your competitor, you can identify who it was and approach them to link to your blog post instead of your competitors.


5. Find Customers - If you're selling beds then create an alert for "Where I can buy Beds", which helps you to find customers who're all asking that question on forums. And you can easily approach instead of waiting for customers to reach you. This is one of the best ways to find customers online and sell your product.

Thus these are some reasons why should you use Google Alerts.

Conclusion

I think I have given a clear explanation of how to set up Google Alerts for your Name.

I hope you find this blog post helpful.

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