Showing up in Google Alerts?

[buckeye]

I followed another forum member's recommendations in regards to subscribing to Google Alerts. Something I'm noticing is that my site never seems to come up in any of the web page references, especially "Vermonter", which I own the domain name for. However, many of my competitors are showing up and some of them have much smaller sites and have been around for much less time. Maybe I just haven't given it enough time to see any of my listings circulate around?

[incrediblehelp]

Well it depends on which keywords you using for the alerts. Are you not showing up for "Vermonter"?

[Duncan Pollock]

I'm not certain about this, but my impression of Google Alerts is that they tell you about "what else is showing" as opposed to your own website.
For example, although I'm fortunate enough to have a good web presence, I've yet to see myself among the Alerts. In any case, my interest is in knowing who my (potential) competitors are and this is what I understood I'd learn by signing up for the Alerts program.

Duncan

[mktgbiz]

Pretty sure it depends on the keywords you select.

And recently I did a press release and when my alert arrived in my Inbox, there was my press release announcment.

[ctabuk]

Seeing as it I who use this system let me add a bit more.

Google Web Alert for: Open Market Homebuy Blogs

I use this too (apologies for type size -picked up from the alert -will add a further post)

[ctabuk]

Sorry about that - Incrediblehelp will I hope support me in this - one of the most famous SEO guys on the Planet is Aaron Wall -Awall19 is his sig. Aaron once wrote something like 'Any decent SEM knows how to Spam' - Well I don't Spam as such - I cheat ! Oh ooops naughty Moderator.

I let Google search my keywords for me via Google Alerts on Blogs and straight News Alerts - I have around 6 URL's all doing the same thing with different keyword URL titles. I have around 60 e-mail addresses and dozens of Blog usernames. Keeping track of passwords can be a sod. So they are on a wall next to my desk.

My URL's show up in Google Alerts dozens of times a week.

Marketing is fun, in its own way it is as complex as SEO -it's simply a case of trying to stay one jump ahead.

So - on Google Alerts - I use the Premium Account - so I am paying Google - so Google likes me. I simply blog and link all day long. My staff do the Mortgages - I have the perfect job. I have fun and gain IBL's - what could be better?

[ctabuk]

Originally Posted by mktgbiz

Pretty sure it depends on the keywords you select.

And recently I did a press release and when my alert arrived in my Inbox, there was my press release announcment.

You've cracked it - well done - rep point awarded.

This is what I love to see. That's quite simply 'made my day'

Keep going

[ctabuk]

Originally Posted by Duncan Pollock

I'm not certain about this, but my impression of Google Alerts is that they tell you about "what else is showing" as opposed to your own website.
For example, although I'm fortunate enough to have a good web presence, I've yet to see myself among the Alerts. In any case, my interest is in knowing who my (potential) competitors are and this is what I understood I'd learn by signing up for the Alerts program.

Duncan

How long have you and I been posting together Duncan??

Simply put Duncan is also a marketer and a nicer guy you will not find at WPW.

Duncan - your own sites will get listed as you can see from the posts above this. With Alerts the trick is to lead Google to your site. And I hope my posts demonstrate this. But - I keep my Alerts so I'll go and find one.

[ctabuk]

Demonstration Time. These were on the Google Alert posted earlier here.

This morning

Open Market Homebuy -Marketing a new site
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: Open Market Homebuy -Marketing a ... Blogs and RSS, TIP Joint Projects, Useful code, scripts and tutorials ...

UK Economics News Blog - Gordon Brown or Gordon Clown ? >> 2007 ...
Gordon's Open Market HomeBuy Scheme A Complete Failure ... The


One is my forum post - HTML linked posting.
2nd the Blog carries my reply and link. That's 2 in one day -on just one keyword - easy isn't it

[incrediblehelp]

I guess i am missing the point ctabuk. Millions of blogs get picked up everyday in Google Alerts and they dont even realize it. Just because you set up Google alerts for some of you keywords isnt specifically going to help in optimization, rather help you keep track of what is going on in the news/blogsphere for that particular keyword. Of course it is nice to see your postings appear in there.

[ctabuk]

Incrediblehelp - optimization is the furthest thing from my mind - I do what I do for one thing only. Relative In Bound Links that Google itself uses. We all know that Google never shows its total and complete list of a sites IBL's - So I play the percentage game. And it works.

[Webnauts]

Should I scream WOW today?

I published two days an article and submitted a sitemap to Google and I am already for the term alt attributes and seo on the first page.

I setup yesterday evening a Google alert for that term and I got an alert today including my article:

Alt Attribute & Search Engine Optimization - SEO Workers
Alt Attributes and SEO. In Google's webmaster guidelines, they advise the use of alternative text for the images on your web site:. Images:. ...

Can David explain me what this suppose mean?

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by ctabuk

Incrediblehelp - optimization is the furthest thing from my mind - I do what I do for one thing only. Relative In Bound Links that Google itself uses. We all know that Google never shows its total and complete list of a sites IBL's - So I play the percentage game. And it works.

You are confusing SEO with SEM David. That trick in terms of SEO does not make sense at all. It does in terms of SEM though.

[ctabuk]

In which case I am not confusing the issues at all.

You remember Faglork?

Well he did my SEO

I am a Web Site Marketer - but for my sites. I have considered going into that line but frankly I don't think I'll have the time.

[ctabuk]

Originally Posted by Webnauts

Should I scream WOW today?

I published two days an article and submitted a sitemap to Google and I am already for the term alt attributes and seo on the first page.

I setup yesterday evening a Google alert for that term and I got an alert today including my article:

[url="http://www.seoworkers.com/seo-articles-tutorials/alt-attribute.html"]

Can David explain me what this suppose mean?

Yes you should - by all means shout WOW - Now all you have to do is start making lots and lots of money from it. Well done - you see - Google Alerts do relate to your own site. That was the whole point of the exercise. Congrats - you have made my point for me - thanks John

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by ctabuk

In which case I am not confusing the issues at all.

You remember Faglork?

Well he did my SEO

I am a Web Site Marketer - but for my sites. I have considered going into that line but frankly I don't think I'll have the time.

Why don't you ask for an SEO review for your sites, so we can see what kind of SEO he did? I just thought it would be a good idea, as almost everyone today claim to be an SEO, and that drives me nuts.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by ctabuk

Yes you should - by all means shout WOW - Now all you have to do is start making lots and lots of money from it. Well done - you see - Google Alerts do relate to your own site. That was the whole point of the exercise. Congrats - you have made my point for me - thanks John

Yeah!!! I really got your point there. That is a cool SEM tool!

[Duncan Pollock]

ctabuk: Co blimey, mate. Flattery will get you anywhere.
But I'll accept that my site may appear in Alerts. It's just that I haven't particularly noticed this happening. In any case, my real interest is, as I said, in knowing who else is Out There (nipping at my heels?).

Duncan

[madjohn]

I have been using Alerts for a while now and my Promotional Product Blog would always show up in the alert emails I got.

Then Wordpress went a bit funny and I had to reinstall it. Now I never appear in any of the alerts for the same keywords.

Any ideas why? Has G decided that once the blog went offline that it isn't going to re-visit (or something else daft like that)?

I have the blog in my sitemap, btw.

[madjohn]

I'll tell you what does show up in the results: a large amount of spam blogs where the topic matter is as per keywords but it's crammed with porn links at the bottom.

Also, even if this isn't the case, the blogs are quite often copied articles from other websites like Ezine Article Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints and the blog as a whole varies wildy in subject matter.

How are these getting into the Alerts and mine (genuine as they are) aren't...!?

[thindenim]

> Then Wordpress went a bit funny and I had to reinstall it. Now I never appear in any of the alerts for the same keywords.

Did you set it back up to automatically ping the blog update services when you post?

I use google alerts to keep track of keywords and it's good to see what's happening in the blog/web related to what we want to rank for. We show up in them all the time, but don't see how that's got any *direct* SEO benefit. Marketing yes, absolutely, as it helps you stay one step ahead.

[fernimac]

I also set up Google alerts. I use them to track which of my articles are being reproduced and where. When I find someone who published my article without the required link back to my site, I usually send a very polite e-mail asking for the inclusion of the link. It has helped me not only to get hundreds of links, but to get some clients too!

[madjohn]

Originally Posted by thindenim

Did you set it back up to automatically ping the blog update services when you post?

I use google alerts to keep track of keywords and it's good to see what's happening in the blog/web related to what we want to rank for. We show up in them all the time, but don't see how that's got any *direct* SEO benefit. Marketing yes, absolutely, as it helps you stay one step ahead.

I think it is set to ping to blog services (I think I saw it in the settings the other day) but can you clarify where I might find this setting, please?

I use G-Alerts for the same reason as you rather than from an SEO standpoint, but I also think it should be 'part' of SEO (if it can be!! lol) and site building. As long as the posts are all relevant to one's business, of course.

fernimac: Unfortuantely if I am not being picked up by G-Alerts then my articles are unlikely to be reproduced anywhere.