The New Google Alerts UI, Now Available

As <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-google-alerts-interface.html">previously anticipated</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts/">Google Alerts</a> has a new interface inspired by Material Design. For some reason, Google only shows the new UI when you are logged in, while displaying the old interface if you don't log in to a Google account.<br /><br />The new UI is a lot simpler and focuses on managing alerts and creating alerts with one click. The old Google Alerts homepage exposed a lot of advanced options, which are now hidden. There's a long list of alert suggestions: companies, people, countries, musical artists, industries, places, athletes, as well as your name and email address (the "me on the web" section).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7Nj8egujEwqAKTB3dgOr7Myopsa7TeQ9zbvNDb8I4SagB-v3miwlSOX6SK8vcVYcYPVK6sTyg1-NSTJHkj0qiefzuTYs3wLXYt0j82lMLJrzRRFRfvDyqC-r8apf7Sleug5BrHc9h8SR/s1600/new-alerts-1.png" /></div><br />For example, you can type "Google" in the huge input box at the top of the page, click "Create alert" and that's it. Google shows a preview, so you can see what results you may get.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIdupgdFJ13vmtFjdcc79-elJHJQrgqSeUh15FyOFdeACkoKwlBGrSQ5Fx3oK5QxnFOWrhwR8GmpBN5PTsFup45sMHG9hDIt_vSFI4n57UWrfNGl-cWsCbgiPa7lHSXHRybCRsKQeVhCq/s1600/new-alerts-2.png" /></div><br />There's a "show options" link that shows the advanced options, so you can choose sources, language and region, how often to send alerts, how many results to include and the delivery option: email or feed. The nice thing is that Google remembers your options and it uses them the next time you create a new alert.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfMP5xSwOEvwiUDuUjgZbE7xBfQv6j2TaJBD7bnTJGQJqxLbR5P1X4nQrT5_XXHigmyXkdicj_HJd-duP5JBpPxA8HXEK_EcJ62B8cW8hRQO0wuGtGAd5Pq3jLWNVVXqjvwEa71knRj6D/s1600/new-alerts-3.png" /></div><br />Google Alerts lets you edit or delete alerts and shows a special icon for feed alerts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeKDRIWE6vIeSrGcJr0JpIu7Tu8D1UqoDHtN1g-NXoKf5MOoUQfSZAqPIw1JEqCEy6k_0vGRs7y087crDyOj3rcbW_k7XicZ7VDAf5UU5x3TrQgGtrHsI62N-y7rTx11zds7qrMZMZl78/s1600/new-alerts-4.png" /></div><br />Here's the old Google Alerts:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVq7kqHhqpNy4t5wSanuKpl0DrJuo8M7C8hXKkJrCTHRciI_PRT17a-B4frbQxed5pOiK3rWQouZ9SKI9kxI7EPz1-y6IdBDOE2gM9nLBjuIt-oy48dBZQA32PtvkXeQOqthVSLENAtLB/s1600/old-alerts.png" /></div>

The New Google Alerts UI, Now Available

As previously anticipated , Google Alerts has a new interface inspired by Material Design. For some reason, Google only shows the new UI wh...

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New Google Alerts Interface

Anjo Cerdeña, a reader of this blog, found a new interface for Google Alerts when opening the site. It uses <a href="http://www.google.com/design">Material Design</a> and it has a few new features: a "me on the web" section and a list of suggestions for companies, people. countries, places, industries and more. It also shows your alerts and a simple box for creating a new alert.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38oa8b_kXGeKMAGV47Lu5B2MUHcD10N_jCCxmQEyBVC0pgx4VVSG3MVsh9EgHjH8aMHwuY9YFvHw2OWTtiKFjhwV-zPVICPACmHgdEzrDAKXQ8TfbnLgefP1U_d0WkMY3hT5GVrh9z6Id/s1600/Google+Alerts.png" /></div><br />I don't see the new Google Alerts UI, so it's probably still tested by Google. I expect to see more and more Material-inspired design refreshes.<br /><br />The classic Google Alerts homepage is only focused on creating new alerts and it shows a lot of advanced options, as well as some information about Google Alerts. To see your alerts, you need to click "manage your alerts".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpJOWLKmxdyB9rJGLMj-oBLft6JZW8jf6hRi-bhjBYs4BWXN3SDuTKiZBoymeewCAYhO5eY9NGd9wZl3UdzHDokTMrcBVq9rAneqYQGwZm5IbLOYBT3OUMx34v1_rd7cIy6ngrG1bJ47y/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-07-14+at+9.10.17+.png" /></div><br />{ Thanks, Anjo. }

New Google Alerts Interface

Anjo Cerdeña, a reader of this blog, found a new interface for Google Alerts when opening the site. It uses Material Design and it has a fe...

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Language and Region Filters for Google Alerts

<a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google Alerts</a> now lets you pick the language and region when creating an alert. For example, you can create an alert for "Chrome", but restrict it to French news articles from France. You don't have to set the region, the default setting is "any region".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lSaOtfCRh1LvNjxt1VqamcKWPgqkNA-CFi1D1Lxgoc1XaN6ci43XleATm8PD14tQGcSeZf-4PUiOZdYogTy7wr-OBzWfFPDK7fGJMYxB6ErPl10EnTMFY93Tv5ZM6sns7-z5m8onS6rW/s1600/google-alerts.png" /></div><br />The new filters are great for delivering more precise results, since you can restrict the results to a language, a country or both. You no longer have to use workarounds and switch to a different domain to get alerts in a different language. Please note that the text from the Google Alerts message will be in the language you've picked.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQHFpOpf_jUwRo-AvHRDMBzs6EttZpsv9b5qIPCowTinMQql__Ox1ZC4oiGszUMTUK_9roft-YNZ3_CNzGK9tKKN-G1QTNqLJME2NTVJr3hHXk_oKhZx2aAMeFhcB5_a8eBmiVuCD19t-/s1600/google-alerts-mail.png" /></div>

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Updated Google Alerts

Google's email alerts changed their interface a few days ago. Now you can share search results using Google+, Facebook and Twitter. Google shortens URLs and they have the following format: <i>http://goo.gl/alerts/xyz</i>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-PhONmqtW0pgI8QPkbEYV_62t4TgkAcj0Rr7CytlnGoEevp64zwpQNFaP6iNwH1GetGTXyOS0qN3gOYlF-XR2441lKnDKh37fhUmy8KKGrPwdymvwY7_gmhF3QqOqn-_aipc5bQptNF1/s1600/new-google-alerts.png" /></div><br />Google added an option to edit the alert and a link to the corresponding feed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZzz9G3DVYI_dTN4Z1XKQib8sKnbALUnCGgsUCI9NWw9jXk2Li8Vwr_K69alJaquUaJSvcz3zAuYqQjzNR5_3yBuaGGTLNOjD2W8gEaAELf8jmV8LYrKWK7RGcHnxhU9ImF_aidVigNHy/s1600/new-google-alerts-3.png" /></div><br />You can also flag pages as irrelevant and help Google fine-tune its algorithms.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GGv94nSHakCoBlvQeJjEP9Kc13nmhC1b2J0SwobnXISVKDXqwlwRlpSXkEyw7c7JuDbTUBKAk_Ll97msiu_UBqWvIXNCg-l1jCzWVkGZlgt7e2enjSV3ackuvt-lf9pTGjuSBwMZDYxp/s1600/new-google-alerts-2.png" /></div><br />Here's the old layout:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLLVrQYTYuUeqnGpxWmOXRavHOAlMPFjhvsxFaiviXstvPnM0hec5ji-VQUcx8joq9xvyUE3Ffg3XD-aKGtVWBAquD-Pe-D82IT_TfAgIlQokabOGBNUZ9s2Kk7dDe8ew40tZdJJHHeYn/s1600/old-google-alerts.png" /></div><br />{ Thanks, <a href="https://plus.google.com/+DinsanFrancis/posts">Dinsan</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/101864397410913978896">Avrohom</a>. }

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Google Alerts Brings Back Support for Feeds

Two months ago, when Google Reader disappeared, Google Alerts <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/07/google-alerts-drops-rss-feeds.html">dropped support for feeds</a>. Now feeds are back and they look just like before. Feeds continue to include references to Google Reader.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV6Pzt_hyvv9M2DPNS54_bAk3fklPu20cqIshFaXysGr1VUJcP9UINBkJNjDODikUz2F-6ADeRwgjfWGRywpkwt3eEOYZNjVmBUz5Txn30ohYVJO1Y5jBAtPKwIjoAvhGur1ItnUyKeEN/s640/google-alerts-rss.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzW0vSq3SjIliiktWsF2rTmzQVbN1R8i0D4FpCGni24-NbVzH6fe1RGbYV2YdGS1Y1SsatwicOmOvTw_m2yno4K0RiwS1oPEscn-qXmPb8m86248IYkTmxSmRTBVj1lFrs7g63DzXddetX/s640/google-alerts-rss-2.png" /></div><br />"As you can see, you have the option within 'deliver to' to deliver the alert to a feed. After you click 'create alert', you will be taken to the manage Google Alerts page where you will find the RSS URL you can copy and paste into your preferred RSS reader," informs <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-quietly-brings-back-rss-feed-option-to-google-alerts-171645">Search Engine Land</a>. (Feeds actually use Atom, not RSS.)<br /><br />It's not clear why this feature was removed, but I wouldn't mind to see Google Reader back online. Quietly brilliant.

Google Alerts Brings Back Support for Feeds

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