Google does have some great services and among them is Google Alert.
All you have to do is to tell Google what keyword phrases you want to be alerted to and they will send the information to your in box – hence the name of the service – clever huh!
I have been amazed how quickly information gets picked up – I know because of the speed it returns my own blog and article entries.
And here is my tip of the day -
I have inadvertently stumbled upon another application for the service.
If you do publish a blog or articles, make sure that you add your own name as a keyword search phrase on ‘Google Alert’. Not for ego or vanity reasons.
You can SPY on any abuse.
A few times recently I have found websites that on the surface look absolutely kosher – the articles along with titles all look relevant to the topic of the site – HOWEVER… Closer inspection reveals all is not well.
There are what appear to be links on words such as ‘to’ and ‘this’
Now there is a chance that what I am going to link to here will have disappeared before you read this In fact I hope it will be as I have sent in a complaint to Google about the site. The fact of the matter is that Google
are sending out search information for totally bogus sites – that won’t make Google happy.
See what I mean at – http://ucanreach.com/downloads/?p=93. Now that is a genuine article by me and they have even left intact the author note and correct link at the bottom. But see the links!!
If you look at the home page of the domain http://ucanreach.com/ you will see that the whole site is built from other peoples articles with the same link throughout the site. Bizarre!!
The extraordinary thing about the links in this particular example is that a first inspection shows them as affiliate links, but click on them and you finish up on a perfectly legitimate PR website. I don’t understand what is going on and would welcome any feedback if somebody understands the logic behind all that.
There really are some brainless idiots out there.
Another thing that you can also watch out for by using your name as a ‘Google Alert’ search is people using your articles on their website and not giving you the correct author bio reference and link at the end.
So do help to clean up the web by reporting this type of thing to Google and other search directories and sending the websites involved to the virtual trash can in the ether – where they belong.
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About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
