Chapter 10. Keeping in Touch with E-Mail Alerts
Learn to sign up for Alerts
Learn about News Alerts
Make use of Web Alerts
How to use Groups Alerts
Learn about managing Alerts
In this day and age, finding time to read the newspaper, watch the news, or listen to the radio is difficult. Still, it’s important to keep track of the news, information found on the Web, or posted in the Usenet News groups. Even when you have time to read the newspaper or news Web site in the morning, keeping abreast of the news throughout the day can be difficult. Google has developed E-mail Alerts for anyone that needs to stay on top of the latest news or events happening around them. Because most people now read their e-mail throughout the day, getting special news alerts in your e-mail is a great way to stay abreast of changing information.
What is a Google E-Mail Alert?
E-mail alerts are saved topic searches through Google News, Google Groups, or the Web on topics you choose. When those searches meet a threshold of relevance, an alert is sent to your e-mail account letting you know about the information that triggered the alert.
By signing up for Google E-mail Alerts, Google sends information and news directly to you by e-mail. You decide the topic of the E-mail Alert and how often you want Google to send it. There are four types of Google E-mail Alerts:
News: Every time your selected topic makes it into the top ten news articles through your saved Google News ...
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