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Google Video Alerts

Google Video Alerts

Google Alerts is a handy service that allows you to get emails for the latest relevant Google results that hit the web or news based on the query of your choice. It's extremely handy when you're trying to stay on top of a subject and want every piece of related news to hit your inbox.

Text is one thing, but what about online video? It is a major part of our lives now. Well, Google has added 'video' to the Alerts dropdown. Allowing users to grab notifications for videos as they happen. As with standard news alerts, videos come from a variety of sources, but and are served with a Google Video frame.

The Google Alerts service is still in Beta format. Users can also choose to receive alerts in HTML format, or plain text to save on data if you choose to grab these alerts with a handheld wherever you are.
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