Google Alerts to track mentions of your site and its topic

I never before thought of using Google Alerts like this until I read a mention of it somewhere.  Sorry if everyone already knows this!

 

Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts lets you put in words that you want to track and it will email you when they appear online somewhere.  

 

I have a site for women motorcycle riders.  So I put in the site name, and "women motorcyclists" and similiar.   It emails me instantly, daily or weekly when these keywords are mentioned.  Then I go to that site, and I post a response. I have gained a few new members AND put more links to my site on the big www!

Another great benefit is that it is giving me some great topics for posting relevant content on my own site.

 

Maybe I'm slow on this one, but its worth mentioning, because its pretty cool. :)

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Permalink Reply by Fire-Tech on September 16, 2011 at 7:41pm

I'm glad you did. Great post! Like you said, it helps find other content relevant to your network.

Thanks for the tip!

Permalink Reply by JenSocial on September 16, 2011 at 8:54pm

I would have never thought to use this the way you have described here. Excellent idea, and thank you for sharing.

Best,

Jen

Permalink Reply by GirlRiders on September 16, 2011 at 9:59pm
Oh, good!  Glad ya'll liked it.
Permalink Reply by Mujer de vanguardia on September 16, 2011 at 10:32pm

Thank you!

Pat

Permalink Reply by GirlRiders on September 17, 2011 at 5:42am
Ha!  Love the scooter girl :)  Can I use it?
Permalink Reply by Mujer de vanguardia on September 17, 2011 at 9:35am

Of course! I saw it and I remembered you!

It's a gift for you ♥

=)

Pat

 

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