Google Alerts Reviews

Summary: Overall, Google Alerts is a very simple but free tool that allows you to monitor the web for certain keywords and learn when new results are found.

Positive: - allows you to receive an alert when people upload new content on a specific and it's indexed by Google
- can take in fairly advanced search query as parameters to ensure you only get notified when a specific topic is being discussed
- no downtime
- can be helpful for monitoring product launches, etc
- can set frequency of notifications and filter by location, etc
- completely free

Negative: - results view could include more metrics on how many matching pages a day are uploaded, etc.

Summary: I am unable to tell or be notified by Google Alerts if my client's keywords are being searched organically by others.

Positive: I have benefited from Google Alerts because it saves me the time from having to check manually the keyword results that apply to my client's pages. Allows me to have confidence in what information is out there and how it may affect new customers getting to my client's websites.

Negative: Sometimes the results aren't as specific as I would prefer, but in general covers all the bases I need.

Summary: Overall, it does exactly what I need it to. It alerts me at my set schedule about topics I care about. It's always relevant, accurate and on time.

Positive: I've had the same google alert setup for over 7 years and it still works just like the day I set it up. It's a consistent product with no downtime.

Negative: It would be neat if there were a mobile app so I wouldn't get so many alert emails.