If you’re one of those news junkies who are afraid to miss anything, you’ll be happy to know that there is a way to keep up with your favorite topics. Google can search for web content, specific news, topics, places, etc. It has a feature called Google Alerts that acts as a notification service for It lets you choose your favorite topics or keyword, and Google notifies you when it finds matching search results on the web. . This is interesting, isn’t it? In this article, I’ll show you how to set up Google alerts and further refine them to get relevant alerts based on your favorite topics.
Set up Google Alerts for Specific Topics
Google alerts have helped me a lot to reduce my FOMO (fear of missing out). I know I haven’t missed anything that’s important to me, as I set up Google alerts for topics that interest me. For example, I set up a Google alert for my hometown of Kalchini. That’s why I get instant alerts in Gmail when there’s any news about my place on the web, and I’m no longer afraid of missing the news. You can also reduce time spent on social media and various news sites by setting up Google alerts, and here’s how to do it.
How to Set Google Alert
1. Open Google Alerts page in your browser (mobile or desktop) and enter a topic of your choice. For example, I entered “OnePlus 7 Pro” because you need to get on the train of excitement. Now click ‘Show Options’ to refine the alert.
2. Here, go through all the options and customize the alert filter. I chose “once a day” to avoid too much clutter. Finally, click the “Create Alert” button and you are all set to receive alerts.
3. In order to give you an idea, This is what the alert email looks like.
4. You can also set the Google alert to be delivered at a specific time. Just, Click the gear icon and choose the delivery time.
5. If you have more than one warning, you can choose to collect all alerts in one summary email. Check the Summary option and click the Save button.
6. Finally, when you’re done, you can delete or customize alerts by clicking the buttons next to your alert topic.
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Be on Top of Everything with Google Alerts
This was our use of the Google Alert feature that most users don’t know about. Earthquakes, upcoming tsunami, TV shows, gadgets, places, etc. It is very useful for many things, such as interesting topics. There’s also a filter option if you want more control over content and delivery time. Overall, it’s a pretty useful feature and you can use it to organize information in one place. Anyway, if you found the article interesting or have any suggestions for us, comment below and let us know your thoughts.