How Put Google Alerts on iGoogle

Google Alerts is a service provided by Google that notifies you when a new search result matching terms you specify has been indexed by the Google search engine. You can put Google Alerts on your iGoogle start page using the RSS feed gadgets for each Google Alert you have set up. Once configured, your Google Alerts will be displayed one per gadget on your iGoogle start page, providing you instant access to a dashboard-like interface for all the search terms you are interested in tracking.

Instructions

1

Navigate to google.com/alerts, and log in to your account.

2

Click the "Click Here to Manage Alerts" link.

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Click the "Edit" link at the end of each Google Alert row, and select "Feed" from the "Deliver to" drop-down menu; then click "Save."

4

Click "Create a New Alert" to set up new alerts.

5

Enter the keywords you are interested in tracking in the "Search Terms" text box. Select the Google search engines you wish to utilize from the "Type" drop-down menu. Select the alert frequency from the "How Often" drop-down menu. Select the quality of search results from the "Volume" drop-down menu. Select "Feed" from the "Deliver to" drop-down menu. Click "Create Alert" when you have finished configuring the alert.

6

Right-click the orange RSS feed icon, and select "Copy Shortcut" if using Internet Explorer or "Copy Link Location" if using Firefox.

7

Navigate to igoogle.com.

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Click "Add Gadgets" at the bottom-right of the header.

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Click "Add Feed or Gadget" at the bottom of the left-hand sidebar, and replace "http://" with the RSS feed URL you copied previously; then click "Add." The Google Alert will be displayed on your iGoogle start page. Repeat this process for each Google Alert to add additional alerts to iGoogle.