Comments on: The mythical Google Alert http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/2009/05/31/the-mythical-google-alert/ #1 Authority on Using Google Alerts for Marketing Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:43:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The search for the mythical Google Alert continues — Mr. Google Alerts (Adam Green) http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/2009/05/31/the-mythical-google-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-924 The search for the mythical Google Alert continues — Mr. Google Alerts (Adam Green) Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:57:30 +0000 http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/?p=2254#comment-924 [...] Google Alerts // I’m still trying to capture one of these Google Alerts that supposedly tell you when anyone searches for your name. Someone who [...] [...] Google Alerts // I’m still trying to capture one of these Google Alerts that supposedly tell you when anyone searches for your name. Someone who [...]

]]> By: Stephen L http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/2009/05/31/the-mythical-google-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Stephen L Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:46:09 +0000 http://www.alertrank.com/mrgooglealerts/?p=2254#comment-917 What if they are typing thier name into the main Google page and that auto-complete function starts filling in the remainder of thier name, because it's not thier own personal name that is supplying the "hit" but all of the other same-named people throughout the Google/Internet universe that have been searched for? I know that this is not a Google Alert, but if someone can't understand this functionality, do you really think that they know the difference between the Alert e-mail function and the web-page? This theory emerges from my own past when an ex-gf thought I was getting secret e-mails from some 'internet slut' when she saw those banner ads popping up on websites. (You have three messages!! Click Here!!) What if they are typing thier name into the main Google page and that auto-complete function starts filling in the remainder of thier name, because it’s not thier own personal name that is supplying the “hit” but all of the other same-named people throughout the Google/Internet universe that have been searched for?

I know that this is not a Google Alert, but if someone can’t understand this functionality, do you really think that they know the difference between the Alert e-mail function and the web-page?

This theory emerges from my own past when an ex-gf thought I was getting secret e-mails from some ‘internet slut’ when she saw those banner ads popping up on websites. (You have three messages!! Click Here!!)

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