Comments on: How To Set Up ‘Alerts’ To Monitor Conversations! http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/ Tips, tricks, ideas and help with using web 2.0 technologies and edublogs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Alert! A blog tip from Edublogs | Tip of the Iceberg http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5798 Alert! A blog tip from Edublogs | Tip of the Iceberg Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:23:07 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5798 [...] also made a super suggestion that I should set up an alert for Tip of the Iceberg, so that if anyone blogs about it, I get notified via Google Reader. I took [...] [...] also made a super suggestion that I should set up an alert for Tip of the Iceberg, so that if anyone blogs about it, I get notified via Google Reader. I took [...]

]]> By: lucymimi http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5771 lucymimi Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:46:12 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5771 really good...I'll try to use....thanks for sharing really good…I’ll try to use….thanks for sharing

]]> By: mendicant http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 mendicant Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:05:57 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5726 This is great, I was looking at something similar a while ago and found you can get similar results with monitor this and a netvibes account. I also use google reader for other feeds as well and haven't come to anything firm on one vs the other. I also assisted an academic recently to do something similar on a specialised topic using rss and his reader, it works a treat. This is great, I was looking at something similar a while ago and found you can get similar results with monitor this and a netvibes account.
I also use google reader for other feeds as well and haven’t come to anything firm on one vs the other.
I also assisted an academic recently to do something similar on a specialised topic using rss and his reader, it works a treat.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5707 Sue Waters Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:54 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5707 @Gail P, definitely handy to know and really easy to set up if you are using Google Reader Also cool tricks for using with students. @Gail P, definitely handy to know and really easy to set up if you are using Google Reader Also cool tricks for using with students.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5706 Sue Waters Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:45:51 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5706 @Lisa Hill, yes having a common name can be a problem. My personal favorite at the moment is Ice Rocket because it's search results are more reliable. I suggest you see how you go with Ice Rocket. I have similar issue with my name on Google Alerts (since it checks news services) but it gives me a chuckle with some of the stuff I get up to (that I don't). The other option is to look at creating a more unique name e.g. use a letter from your middle name but that is hard if people are already used to your current name. @Lisa Hill, yes having a common name can be a problem. My personal favorite at the moment is Ice Rocket because it’s search results are more reliable. I suggest you see how you go with Ice Rocket.

I have similar issue with my name on Google Alerts (since it checks news services) but it gives me a chuckle with some of the stuff I get up to (that I don’t). The other option is to look at creating a more unique name e.g. use a letter from your middle name but that is hard if people are already used to your current name.

]]> By: Gail P http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5705 Gail P Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:06:43 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5705 Thanks Sue. That was a pretty easy process since I already have a Reader account. The information it provides will come in handy! Thanks Sue. That was a pretty easy process since I already have a Reader account. The information it provides will come in handy!

]]> By: Lisa Hill http://theedublogger.com/2009/11/09/how-to-set-up-alerts-to-monitor-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-5702 Lisa Hill Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:20:59 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1054#comment-5702 Thanks for this, Sue, it's a very useful post because although I monitor my stats through WordPress regularly, this is a more efficient way of gathering the whole lot together, and as you say, it harvests the ones that don't include a pingback. But I wonder, is there any way of refining the search so that it doesn't harvest instances of other people with the same name? There are so many Lisa Hills out there, but only one of them is me! Thanks for this, Sue, it’s a very useful post because although I monitor my stats through WordPress regularly, this is a more efficient way of gathering the whole lot together, and as you say, it harvests the ones that don’t include a pingback.
But I wonder, is there any way of refining the search so that it doesn’t harvest instances of other people with the same name? There are so many Lisa Hills out there, but only one of them is me!

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