For those who do not have these, Google alerts are a neat way of staying in touch with specific content posted on the Internet. You register for a Google alert using specific keywords and then any time those keywords are posted online, you are sent a link in an email. Check out two Google alerts I received over the weekend for Hinterland Who’s Who (in this case, they were blog postings):
- Remembering Hinterland: By Bundy(Bundy)
If you’re Canadian and over the age of 30, chances are at some point growing up you’ve seen the Hinterland Who’s Who commercials on TV from the Canadian Wildlife Service and Environment Canada. These informative vignettes first appeared …
Bundy’s Blog – http://bundysblog.blogspot.com/ - I saw you on TV!: By Mongoose(Mongoose)
I knew right away that it was a red-breasted nuthatch, because it looked and moved exactly like the red-breasted nuthatch in the Hinterland Who’s Who vignette. Well, I suppose that’s a big “duh,” but then, people in real life are …
Trucks and the City – http://trucksandthecity.blogspot.com/
To get your own Google alerts:
- go to www.google.com/alerts,
- enter your search term in the box provided (don’t forget to add quotation marks around a specifc phrase, such as “Hinterland Who’s Who”),
- set the type of search you’d like Google to make,
- the frequency of alerts and
- your email.
- Start again if you’d like more than one alert!
And you’re all set! Enjoy this easy way of staying in touch with the buzz online.
