| Google Web Alerts |
| Google Web Alerts (BETA): Frequently Asked Questions |
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The first step is to visit the Google
Web Alerts home page. Once there, enter a search you're interested in, the
frequency with which you'd like to receive your Web Alerts and your email address.
We'll send you a confirmation email that contains a link back to our service.
To activate your Web Alert, you MUST click on the link or copy and paste the
URL into your browser. Once you've confirmed your request by doing this, we'll
begin checking for websites to send to you.
Every Google Web Alert contains instructions on how to stop receiving alert
emails. Simply click on the link you'll find at the bottom of your Web Alert
and you'll be unsubscribed from that particular search. If you subscribe to
more than one Web Alert, you can discontinue any particular one by clicking
on the link at the bottom of that email. Your other alerts will not be affected.
Once you've created a Google Web Alert, you can't edit it. However, it's very
easy to delete the old Web Alert and then create a new one with the settings
you want. Simply click on the link you'll find at the bottom of any Web Alert
email and you'll be unsubscribed from that specific Web Alert.
Yes, Web Alerts can be sent to any working email address. However, you'll have
to recreate your search settings because there's not currently a way to switch
the email address to which your Web Alerts are being sent.
The advanced search
page on Google provides a number of ways to fine tune a search. You can incorporate
these techniques in your Google Web Alert settings by selecting the conditions
you want on the Google advanced search page, then clicking the "Google
Search" button. When the results page appears, copy the text that appears
in the search box on that page and paste it into the box on the Google Web Alerts
home page labeled "Web search." For example, you to monitor all the
pages that link to a website, your search would be link:www.example_website.com.
There's currently a limit of 10 unconfirmed Web Alerts. When you sign up for
a Web Alert, you must approve that alert by clicking on the link in the confirmation
email we send to you. If you've reached your limit, check your email and confirm
your pending Web Alerts. If you're still having problems, please email alerts-feedback@google.com.
The frequency of your Web Alerts depends on two factors; how often we check
for new websites and how often we find new ones. When signing up, you have the
option of receiving email alerts either once a day or once a week. With the
"once a day" option, we'll check for new websites once a day, meaning
you'll get at maximum of one email per day. Similarly with "once a week"
we'll check once a week for new results resulting in a maximum of one email
per week. If there are no new websites relevant to your search, you will not
receive an email.
Anything that's interesting to you is a good subject for a Web Alert . Many
Web Alerts are set up by people who are:
No. We have a low opinion of unsolicited email and will not sell you out to
those who send it. Or anyone else for that matter. We encourage you to read
our privacy policy, but if you want the quick
answer, your email address does not get shared, traded, sold, delivered, revealed,
publicized or marketed in any way shape or form. We value your privacy as much
as our own.
Please feel free to send feedback to alerts-feedback@google.com.