Comments on: Are You Keeping A Tab On Your Competitors – and Yourself? http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/ Rndaom, Yet Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:38:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ravi Jayagopal http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-83808 Ravi Jayagopal Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:51 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-83808 @Fred, I'm pretty sure my competitors have an alert on me (or my web sites). I don't wonder "why" at all. I've made myself as much a public personality as I wish to, and the rest is their problem :-) If I need to hide my activities (for whatever reason), obviously I'm going to do a number of things, not limited to: * Using an alternative identity online, * Protecting my "whois" on my domain names, * Using robots.txt to prevent SE's from spidering my content that is not yet meant for public use, * Protecting content with passwords * Not pinging online directories, ...etc. - Ravi @Fred,

I’m pretty sure my competitors have an alert on me (or my web sites).

I don’t wonder “why” at all. I’ve made myself as much a public personality as I wish to, and the rest is their problem :-)

If I need to hide my activities (for whatever reason), obviously I’m going to do a number of things, not limited to:

* Using an alternative identity online,
* Protecting my “whois” on my domain names,
* Using robots.txt to prevent SE’s from spidering my content that is not yet meant for public use,
* Protecting content with passwords
* Not pinging online directories,

…etc.

- Ravi

]]> By: Fred http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-83805 Fred Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:11:40 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-83805 But do you ever wonder who might have a Google Alert on you, and why...? But do you ever wonder who might have a Google Alert on you, and why…?

]]> By: Georgina Taylor http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-75780 Georgina Taylor Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:19:11 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-75780 Google Alerts were a part of the "buzz management" system I implemented at my company. There are tons of free tools out there: Compete, Alexa, Delicious, that you can use to track from what customers are saying about you to which keywords are reeling in most of your click-throughs. Good stuff! Google Alerts were a part of the “buzz management” system I implemented at my company. There are tons of free tools out there: Compete, Alexa, Delicious, that you can use to track from what customers are saying about you to which keywords are reeling in most of your click-throughs. Good stuff!

]]> By: Ravi Jayagopal http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-74273 Ravi Jayagopal Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:46:58 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-74273 @Irina, I guess that's what one gets to do when you strip out all common forms of entertainment and time-pass from your web site, and spends every freakin' moment that you can steal back from your day, catching up on stuff :-) @Irina,

I guess that’s what one gets to do when you strip out all common forms of entertainment and time-pass from your web site, and spends every freakin’ moment that you can steal back from your day, catching up on stuff :-)

]]> By: Keith http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-74270 Keith Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:32:56 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-74270 This is also a very good way to check other websites stripping out your biographies and stealing your posts. I love Google alerts! This is also a very good way to check other websites stripping out your biographies and stealing your posts. I love Google alerts!

]]> By: Irina http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-74249 Irina Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:19:38 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-74249 good post.. but jeez, Ravi, when do you find time to read ALL that?!!! :-) good post.. but jeez, Ravi, when do you find time to read ALL that?!!! :-)

]]> By: Nancy Boyd http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-74121 Nancy Boyd Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:44:36 +0000 http://ravisrants.com/2008/08/04/are-you-keeping-a-tab-on-your-competitors-and-yourself/#comment-74121 This is a great list of new ways to use Google Alerts. I have been using it for a narrow niche, but it never crossed my mind to use it for all the ways I *could*. Very useful article, Ravi. Thanks! Nancy This is a great list of new ways to use Google Alerts. I have been using it for a narrow niche, but it never crossed my mind to use it for all the ways I *could*.

Very useful article, Ravi. Thanks!

Nancy

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