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Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Google News: Good; Google News Alerts: Not so Good
Google has made some noise in the past day or so about their free news alert service, which notifies you by e-mail whenever a particular topic you want monitored is mentioned in a news article. It's a fine concept, to be sure, but considering that Yahoo and MSN already offer such features in a more robust fashion, Google's service isn't too appealing -- yet.
The method by which you set up and manage news alerts is odd, in that you don't actually set up an account where you can log in and manage news alerts. Google's FAQ about the service does say that you can delete the alerts, but it all seems very convoluted, whereas Yahoo's service, for instance, is much more streamlined and powerful.
To be fair, Google's disclaimer admits this is a beta application, and it's an obvious fact, due to the limited functionality offered. However, once they work out the kinks and fine tune this feature, I suspect that with Google's superior indexing technology and commitment to quality, I'll be using it before too long.
Posted by
Cory Kleinschmidt
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