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You may be curious if people are Googling your name or anything online about you like your blog or biz site. You want to be alerted if that happened so now you want to learn how to set up a Google Alert.

Let’s say for arguments’ sake that you are not that vain or curious enough to know if someone has been Googling you. Let’s say you are interested in various topics like potted cactus, seo tools, affiliate marketing and other topics of interest, this tool will still be useful in letting you know that a new post/article has been added for your reading pleasure.

How?

There is this application called GOOGLE ALERTS that alerts you in case the key words you find important to you are Googled. This definitely can include your name and who knows whatever aliases you might be using in the WWW.

Here is how to do it:

1. Go to GOOGLE.COM
2. Click on that small arrow on the upper left hand until the menu drops down with “EVEN MORE”
3. Click “Even More” and you will be directed to this page.
4. Under the “Search” on the left column, click “Alerts” and you will be directed to the Google Alerts page.
5. You can now put in the key words that you want to be given an alert.
6. The alerts will be emailed to you gmail account.
7. No gmail? then create your own gmail account now!

If you had a difficult time with my instructions, then watch this video.

How was this helpful to me?

Some significant alerts are about these:

I got an alert about an article I wrote for a site and saw that a Multiply account copied my WHOLE ARTICLE! I let the editor know about it and they dealt with the blog owner.

I got an alert the other day ab out my photo (from another blog) used without my permission. I got an account with that forum  and saw my pic and I was able to take it down by changing the date of the post and putting the pic in my Flickr account.

There. I hope this article was helpful.

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We got a new hard drive for the pc but the pc seems to be not responding to the new hardware.

Hubby reformat the pc and my son was worried his game stats would be removed. Son doesn’t want that since he has worked hard to “beat” Formula 1 drivers in the games he plays. No way these stats would be removed.

Good thing there is online backup for files that we were able to use for the meantime.

Hubby was able to tinker with the pc and son gets to save his stats. Everyone is happy. Yey!

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The rains and the flooding did a lot of damage during last week’s deluge brought about by typhoon Ondoy.

To those who rely on their computer files for work-related tasks will have a difficult time retrieving their files especially if there have been no back up.

Emails pertaining to work and those coming from relatives who are eagerly awaiting news about the safety of their loved ones should be archived properly like how it is being done through email archiving services come in handy in emergencies like this.

Have you protected your computer files?

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I am on the lookout for new cell phones, not that I can afford to buy one right now. I chanced upon the new Nokia X series and I must say the Nokia X6 captured my attention.

The unit may look boxy to others but for me this unit is definitely something I would set my sight at. Full specs can be read here.

Now if only this is affordable,

Photo taken here.

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Having your business website index is a good way to have the site easily searched in search engines. One needs to do a free directory submission to be able to be indexed.

Why is it important to be indexed?

People Googling key words and/or phrases are looking for sites that will give them answers to their queries. Your goal should be that our business site to land on the first page, because that is what usually people (like me) read thoroughly.

Submitting your site to a website index is just one of the steps you need to do. There are still a whole gamut of things to do that may be learned along the way.

In the meantime, be indexed first

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We have limited computer hardware at home: a desktop and two laptops. With three children who love to stay in and play with their computer games during weekends, hubby and I are left with watching DVD, doing house chores or reading for me and napping for the hubby.

Lately, we have been considering getting a new desktop, once the budget allows for it. Since hubby is the resident techie, so to speak, he plans to assemble the peripherals like hard disk, lcd monitor, power supply, motherboard, video card, LAN card, and anything and everything that can be attached to the desktop.

I’m thinking not of a desktop but a laptop so this can be brought anywhere but we will consider these things when the proper time comes.

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