Posted by Bonnie Shucha: "Google Alerts allow you to enter search terms and receive notification whenever it finds new content matching those terms.
You can specify if you would like to search news, blog, web, video, or group content or all of the above. You choose whether you want it to alert you as-it-happens, once-a-day or once-a-week. You can receive your results via email or now though RSS.
Law Practice Magazine offers these ideas on how lawyers can make use of Google Alerts:
- First and foremost, enter your own name as a keyword, so you know what the world is saying about you.
- Likewise, enter your firm name, as well as the names of your partners, so you can help everyone keep track of news related to the firm (and its reputation).
- Monitor news about legislation, regulations and the like in particular practice areas and business sectors.
- Keep a weather eye on what competing law firms are doing.
There are seven more points and active links at the source site listed below.
