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Ask YC: Do you receive Google alerts on your company and industry?
Do you think this is a reasonable way to consume news? What tricks do you have for getting relevant alerts?
- answerly 18y agoGoogle Alerts is super helpful for tracking mentions of your company on the web. You should also check out search.twitter.com for mentions of your site/brand on twitter. I haven't been as successful with using Google Alerts for broader industry news. There are too many false positives unless you are in a very niche category.
- teej 18y agoI've seen the daily media feeds that several PR companies provide, from as small as a 2-man shop to Ogilvy. They weren't any more useful than a few terms thrown in Google alerts.
- pg 18y agoI also recommend Backtype Alerts (http://www.backtype.com/alerts http://www.backtype.com/alerts), which tell you when something is mentioned in a comment.
- ivankirigin 18y agoFor Tipjoy, I use: - Twitter search in a client like TweetDeck - multi column is awesome - google alerts - backtype alerts
- bbgm 18y agoYes. And have been doing so for years. Not the only thing I track, but works quite well. Of late, I also track particular terms on twitter, made easier if you use Tweetdeck
- shuleatt 18y agoWe were using Google Alerts but have since changed to filtrbox