Google Alerts vs Google Reader
A side-by-side look at Google Alerts and Google Reader. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Google Alerts
Online Services
Google Alerts is a free service from Google that sends emails notifying users when new web content matching their search terms is indexed. Users can set up alerts around topics, companies, people, etc. to monitor new mentions and updates across the web.
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Google Reader
News & Books
Google Reader was a popular RSS/Atom feed aggregator developed by Google. It allowed users to subscribe to feeds and view updates from blogs, news sites, and other web content in one interface. Google Reader shut down in 2013.
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