Google News Alerts
Google News has introduced an email-based news alert service. The service can be found at google.com
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Google Unveils News Alert Service
By Danny Sullivan, Editor & Gary Price, Guest Writer
August 7, 2003
Google has unveiled a beta release of its Google News Alerts feature that will automatically search and deliver results from the Google News database directly to you via email.
For example, if you want to track how a company is being reported on, the latest about your favorite sports team or anything else, simply enter the news search terms you want to monitor (i.e. "enron," "anaheim angels"), enter your email address and follow the verification procedure. That's it!
You're able to choose to have alerts delivered immediately (as the content enters the Google News database) or once a day. The new service is part of Google Labs, where the company develops new technology. Google will allow you to maintain up to 50 news alerts.
Email news alert tools are not new. In fact, Google is playing catch-up with Yahoo, Marketwatch.com, The New York Times, and many other organizations who have offered these services for many years. Search Engine Watch's news search engines page provides links to some of these services and other news searching resources. |
