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where you can add new alerts and manage them. Once you’re on the site, Sign in using your Google account.

Step 2: Enter Your Search Term or Phrase

Next, enter the search terms you want to track on Google Alerts. If you want to customize your alert settings, click on Show options and then change them according to your needs.

Here’s a quick rundown of each of these options:

• How often: You can select when do you want to receive the alerts like once a day, once a week, or as it happens.

• Source: Google Alerts lets you select the source of the alert and it can be news, blogs, web, videos, books, discussion, or finance. If you’re not sure about the source, leave the option to Automatic.

• Language: Choose the language for your alert.

• Region: You can specify the location of your alerts or you can set it to Any Region where it will bring you alerts from all over the world.

• How many: Using this option, you can select only the best results or all results to appear in your inbox.

• Deliver to: Select the email address for your Google Alerts.

Once you’re satisfied with the settings, go ahead, and select Create Alert.

Step 3: View Your Google Alerts

Now you can view your Google Alerts in your inbox. Go to your Google Account and open Gmail. The email will contain links to the latest content published on the web for your alert search term.

With Google Alerts set up, how can you use them to grow your business? Let’s find out…

What Can You Do with Google Alerts?

Google Alerts are more than just a tracking tool. You can use them to get insights about your website and your competitors. Here’s how:

1. Monitor Your Brand Mentions for Negative Reviews

With Google Alerts, you can manage your brand reputation by getting an instant notification whenever someone mentions your website or your products.

It helps you see listen to what people are saying about your brand. And if there are any negative comments or feedback, you’ll immediately know about it and can resolve it.

Likewise, the data is valuable to know which areas you should improve upon and what new features you can add to your products.

2. Find Unique Angles for Your Keywords

Google Alerts can help you out with your site’s SEO (search engine optimization) by showing you what others are writing on your target keywords.

This is especially helpful if you’re trying to find new topic ideas or angles to make your content stand out.

By getting regular updates about the content being published on the web around those queries, you’ll be able to create better content than the rest.

For instance, lets you’re writing about the latest tech and you get an alert about breaking news. When you add that news to your content, it could set you apart from other search results and send positive signals to the search engine.

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