Comments on: Artist, Gallerist: Why aren’t you using Google Alerts? Or Gmail Farming?

By: Jim Plaxco

Jim Plaxco — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:48:57 +0000

I’ve been using Google Alerts for quite a long time now. In addition to subjects of interest, I also have alerts set for my name as well as my website name – artsnova.com

I’ve actually found a few stories on newspaper websites where I was quoted out of one of my press releases. Without those alerts, I would have never known. I’ve also found a number of references to my web site.

It’s always good to know who is talking about you and what they are saying.

Jim

By: Alex mcleod

Alex mcleod — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:58:43 +0000

So simple! Thanks for posting this. I feel silly when people catch me googling myself. Now I can do it more or less under the radar

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:18:21 +0000

Vivian, that’s very sweet, of couse you can.

Yes, we are the people who just can’t be googled well. We’ll give up on trying to find an artist named Christopher Johnson, or some such…

By: vivian greene

vivian greene — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:11:29 +0000

I’d like permission to quote you in my book, COMPUTER SURVIVAL, To End Press Start

“Editor’s conclusion: So there ya go, isn’t that nifty? The only problem is when you name is Kathryn Born and every time someone has a birth announcement that says Kathryn, born September 4th, you get an alert about it.”

I’m Vivian Greene, author, artist, speaker, dancer, and half my alerts are for Vivian Green (NO E) the singer. I almost got a contract from Sony too!