Contender 1: Google Alerts
Google Alerts allows you to receive e-mail updates based on a keyword search term with options to receive the e-mail “Once A Day”, “Once a Week” and “as-it-happens”. The options of where you can search from are:
As you can see, Technically Google Alerts has a blog search function, however, the function that is lacking throughout all of this is the ability to save the results as a feed. However, the results are somewhat sexy:
Who wants your inbox cluttered with This is where the opponent comes in…
Contender 2: Google Blog Search (Feeds Function)
Google Blog Search searches any web sites defined as a blog. Technically, almost any news, video, release etc is blogged already at some point. So instead of waiting for an e-mail it comes right to your Feed Reader. Also, saves the clutter. However, the results are absolutely shitty and dis-organized.
Seriously Google? This is what you give me for my own search results? No information of the original URL in the post, no full articles, no nothing but a glimpse and a title.
Obvious Winner in 1 Round: Google Alerts
My solution for the perfect fighter. Google Alerts As it Happens + GMail Feed!
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