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How to Create a Google Alert

By Marziah Karch, About.com

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Decide How Often to Receive Google Alerts

Create Google AlertScreen Capture of Google Alerts
Specify how often you want to receive Google Alerts. If you are picking a popular item, you may want to restrict this to once a day or once a week. If you pick a fairly obscure term or an item you are following very closely, select as-it-happens.

In the case of gnomes, I'm fairly sure that I won't get enough news flashes to clog my email system.

Once you've finished this, fill in your email address, and click on Create Alert.

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