Of Google Alerts, business blogs ‘n benefits
Do you or your organisation make use of the Google Alerts service?
What is a Google Alert? Well essentially it’s just an automated and scheduled Google search of Google News and/or the Google web site index, the results of which get sent periodically to your email address. You get to choose a frequency of daily, weekly or ‘as it happens’ for each alert you set up.
Many individuals have a Google Alert set for their own name, enabling them to find out who has been slandering / praising them online this week, and sometimes why. Also often watched for are the names of loved ones, family, friends, and favourite footy team. Google Alerts is probably perfect for celebrity stalkers too.
Businesses use it to monitor what’s being said online about them, their competitors, supply chain partners, channel partners, their market segments, and so on. It’s a very useful market intelligence tool if you want to use it that way. The possible applications are many and varied, it’s free, easy to use, and here’s but an example.
Just now, I was trying to come up with a clever way to craft a post that promoted the benefits of blogs to businesses (blog design, implementation and writing being one of our main services). But how to make it balanced, fair and not (too) biased towards the ‘Yes Vote’?
Well, picture it if you can ….. sweat beading on my brow, furrows of concentration bisecting and trisecting grim features. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Thinker. Then … BANG.
My weekly Google Alert for “business blogs” hits the email inbox. Problem solved.
So here it is for your reading pleasure …… what the world’s media have been saying about business blogs over the last week or so.
Google Alert for: business blogs
Blogs Will Change Your Business
Look past the yakkers, hobbyists, and political mobs. Your customers and
rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up…or catch
you later.
Small Business Top 10 Blogs List Released
Cheap Web Hosting Directory - South Pasadena,CA,USA
… Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 11, 2006 - Video format small
business blog company, 60 Second Ideas, has created a Top 10 Small
Business Blogs list for the …
Into The Wild Blog Yonder
BusinessWeek - USA
… He championed using blogs at the defense unit's meeting
of 1,000 executives … new company policies and the division's
top strategic and business priorities for …
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Fortune 1000 execs still sceptical about blogs
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Seventy four percent doubt the credibility of blogs for brand building,
yet … shocking, in contrast to the controlled communications
of business," says Robbin …
Blogging for fun and profit in China
China Daily - China
… catching parts of the blogosphere, however, are big names in
show business and sports … By the end of last November,
there were 36 million blogs and 600 blogging …
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China's booming blogs call for copyright protection
Xinhua - China
… More and more business people have become aware that
blogs could eventually become a highly profitable way of musing
rather than simply a lonely stage for …
Secrets to Success
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
… I frankly don't care how many people are subscribed to the
RSS feeds on our business blogs. There aren't enough
people using RSS …
Commentary: Vancouver is prime player for pro sports
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
… Vancouver understands the concept that attracting business
can enhance the quality of life. … To read his blog, go to columbiantalk.com/read/blogs/.
Medical pros connect online
WFAA (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
… said Peter Lucash, a former hospital administrator who is a
Charleston, SC-based business consultant to medical practices.
"Reading some of these blogs is a …
Welcome to the Telegraph's new-look website
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
… who are writing online diaries (www.telegraph.co.uk/blogs),
including the foreign … the main sections of the website, including
sport, business, personal finance …
MarketingExperiments.com Blog Named a Top 10 Small Business Blog …
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
… online research laboratory, today announced that its Marketing
Experiments Blog has been named to 60 Second Ideas' list of Top 10
Small Business Blogs for the …
Experts Available to Discuss Growing Influence of Blogs in …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
… with Google for Dummies," "The Search: How Google
and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our
Culture," "Business Blogs: A Practical Guide …
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Bag a blog to boost your business
ic Wales - United Kingdom
… the majority of blogs are personal - a combination of
a diary, opinion and links to websites - there has certainly been a growth
in business blogs, used by …
B2B Meets Online Marketing
eMarketer - New York,NY,USA
… to the business space. Many firms looking to market themselves
to other companies via the Web are now experimenting with search, blogs,
podcasting, Webinars …
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Genie in a Bottle
What PC? - UK
… proved indispensable to business. The difference with
social software is that communications are much less likely to be one-to-one.
If someone blogs what’s …
Monitoring Chinese Blogs: Sam Flemming, Founder of CIC data
ChinaTechNews.com - Beijing,China
… The big reason is that there just so many new blogs coming
online everyday. We simply know there are a lot and that they impact our
clients' business. …
The Baltimore Sun Eileen Ambrose column: Give complaining a try …
TMCnet - USA
… of A Complaint is a Gift, recommends consumers concentrate their
business with a … Plenty of blogs and Web sites
where consumers can complain have sprung up in …
A blog's life
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
… Blogs and other forms of new media are just part of this
equation forcing … My business revolves around my Apple
Power Mac G5 and accompanying 23-inch Cinema LCD …
Business Ethics: Change The World
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
… marketing power of blogs and the traditional media will
work in your favour, spreading the word on your behalf. Good news is good
for the business bottom line …
60 Second Ideas Releases Top 10 Small Business Blogs for 1st …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
… these days and there is a lot out there for small and home based
business owners, but it is not always easy to find the best small
business blogs amidst all …
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Forget catalogues, try a blog
This is Money - UK
… Business blogs can be used to drive interest in
forthcoming services or products and it is also an easy and inexpensive
way of putting new content on a company …
Online diaries hailed as useful business tool
TMCnet - USA
… While some businesses and entrepreneurs are making use of blogs,
other companies are … advertising agency, which also has a blog-hosting
business called BlogZerk …
Business Ideas: Bloggers As Partners
Internet Financial News - Lexington,KY,USA
Blogs are a powerful tool for initiating and developing interpersonal
relationships. Most discussions of business blogs… ..revolve
…
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Glen McAllister said,
May 18, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
Hi Rob,
Yes - talk about synchronicity! & I learnt about Google Alerts & Dogpile too - thanks, you’re a treasure!
GAM
Rob Phelan said,
May 19, 2006 @ 11:31 am
Awww ….. thanks