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Listiti: Email Alerts For Twitter Lists

israeln — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:50:05 +0000

Listiti is a web tool that gives you a cool way to track Twitter lists. It lets you specify keywords and get email alerts whenever they appear in tweets from selected Twitter Lists. This is useful if you want to monitor your brand, product, or company on lists of your choice.

Features:

Create unlimited alerts for Twitter lists.
Select and follow the most popular alerts on Listiti.
Cancel Listiti alerts easily by clicking the deactivation link in the e-mail alert.
Useful for to monitor your brand, product, or company on lists of your choice.
Similar tools: TweetAlert, Twilert and TweetAlarm.

Check out Listiti @ www.listiti.com

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TweetAlert: Track Twitter Searches & Trends

deans — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:00:49 +0000

Many of us, including some of the biggest news agencies like BBC World News use the Twitter trends function to gauge public reaction and interest in a subject. If you would like to be kept up to date on what’s being said on Twitter about particular subject but don’t want to search for it manually, TweetAlert got you covered. With TweetAlert you can create a new Twitter account especially for tracking your chosen subjects. When one of the subjects appears on Twitter, it will be automatically re-tweeted by this account and you will see it in your actual Twitter feed.

Getting started is easy, just create a new Twitter account and input all of your chosen searches and trends. Once you have done that, follow that new account in your regular Twitter account. That’s it!

Features:

Track twitter searches and trends in your Twitter account.
Track as many subjects as you like.
Easy to use and free.
Similar tools: Twilert and TweetAlarm.

Check out TweetAlert @ www.code-or-die.com/tweetalert (by Dean Sherwin)

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TweetAlarm: Get Custom Twitter Alerts Via Email

kaly — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:59:30 +0000

If you want to be notified when someone tweets about you, your company, brand, favorite products or just about anything else you care about, TweetAlarm can help. Using this simple online utility you can track all public tweets for certain keywords and receive Twitter alerts vie email whenever they appear on Twitter. It is just like Google Alerts but only for Twitter.

To get started, first sign up on the site. Next add the keywords you want to track and you are all set. There is also an option to ignore tweets from users of your choice.

Features:

Receive custom Twitter alerts via email.
Track as many keywords as you like.
Option to ignore tweets from users of your choice.
Free and easy to use.
Similar tools: Twilert.

Check out TweetAlarm @ www.tweetalarm.com

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Craigsly: Set Up Craigslist Search Alerts

abhijeet — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:14:23 +0000

Craigsly is a simple website which lets you set Craigslist search alerts for specific terms and get notified via email. It doesn’t require registration and you can quickly set up an alert. You just need to provide your email address where you want the alerts to be delivered, the particular search term, the list of cities where it should look for that query and the Craigslist categories relevant to that term. The site is similar to HeyCraig which we’ve mentioned previously, except for that fact that this site offers one more option – Craigslist categories.

Features:

Set up Craigslist search alerts instantly
No sign up required
Provide search query, email address, cities, categories and hit “Bring it”
Auto-completes cities and categories

Check out Craigsly @ www.craigsly.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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HeyCraig: Free Craigslist Alerts for Specific Listings

abhijeet — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:40:25 +0000

HeyCraig is a useful website which helps you set up email alerts for searches on Craigslist. The user interface is super clean and alert for a specific term can be set up in a second. You just need to enter the search keyword, your email, the location ( which you can let the auto-complete feature of the site complete it ) and click the “yoink!” button. That’s it, you’re done. You will start getting emails when the item you’ve listed appears on Craigslist.

Features

Quickly set up email alerts for searches on Craigslist.
Clean and simple user interface.
No sign up required.
Enter keyword, email and location to set up the alert.

Check out HeyCraig @ www.heycraigapp.com ( via Lifehacker ) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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WatchThatPage: Monitor Web Page Changes & Get Alerts

azim — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:58:53 +0000

WatchThatPage lets you monitor web page changes and get updates by email or in your online account. You can specify the frequency of updates and choose when to receive the updates during the day. The site lets you specify whether to receive alerts on every page edit or only on changes matching specified keywords.

You may even create channels to separate different type of changes into different emails.

To get started all you need to do is sign up for an account and start adding pages you want to monitor.

Features:

Monitor web pages for changes online.
Receive updates (daily or weekly) by email or check for changes from your online account.
Get changes summary in one email or receive them in different emails.
Get alerted on all changes or only those matching specified keywords.
Browser add-on that lets you add pages for monitoring with a single click.
Free, sign up online
Similar sites: FollowThatPage, PageTiki and SparkTooth.

Check out WatchThatPage @ www.watchthatpage.com

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AlbumSpotter: Checks Latest Albums or Singles From Your Favorite Artists

azim — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:47:31 +0000

AlbumSpotter is another web service for staying updated on latest albums or singles from your favorite artists. It is in a way similar to previously reviewed websites (Blyper, Feedrevolution, Albumreminder and Muspy) and has one cool additional feature. Not only you can check for latest stuff from a single artist but also upload your entire iTunes library and check for new releases from the list of artists in your library.

To check for the latest albums from a single artist/band, simply enter the name of the artist and hit “Check”

To check your entire music library, simply upload a .xml file with your music library (usually can be export from you music player). Then Album Spotter will analyze the library and tell you if you have latest albums from the artists in your library. The latest albums are highlighted in green or grey. Green means you already have the latest albums and grey means you don’t.

Features:

Keep track of latest release albums from your favorite artists.
Check for the latest albums from a single artist/band.
Upload and check for updates from artists in your entire iTunes music collection .
Size limit on uploaded file 15 Mb.
Simple to use, no registration and free.

Check out AlbumSpotter @ www.albumspotter.com

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FollowThatPage: Online Program To Monitor Web Pages For Changes

azim — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:13:59 +0000

FollowThatPage is a handy online program to monitor web pages for updates. It keeps an eye on the given webpages and sends alerts when they change. FollowThatPage can check each page for changes up to 100 times per day. When the page is edited user receives a report indication what has been added or removed from the page.

Additionally, there is an option to apply filters and track only a certain block of a webpage or only the lines that contain choosen keywords.

Features:

Monitor webpages for changes and receive alerts by email when they change.
Track multiple webpages.
Check each page up to 100 times per day.
Receive alerts only on additions and removals.
Watch the whole page or only certain paragraphs or lines with particular keywords.
Free, sign up to start tracking pages.
Similar websites: PageTiki and SparkTooth.

Check out FollowThatPage @ www.followthatpage.com

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byTagg: Get Alerts On New Search Results

srikanth — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:00:21 +0000

ByTagg is a desktop application which can keep an eye on your favorite blogs, current news, Twitter postings and even search results and alert you about topics you are interested in. The byTagg desktop client is completely free to use and currently works on Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and Vista.

Setting up the alerts is really easy, user basically needs to select where byTagg should look for updates (news sources, blogs, web etc.) and provide alert keywords. For instace, if you setup news alert for “iraq” you will only get alerted on Iraq related news. Same applies on alerts on blog feeds. As for alerts on changes in search results there are advanced options that allow user to setup alerts for specific phrases and restrict them to specific domain.

The alerts include the title and a brief summary of the page.

Features:

Track your favorite blogs and news for things that matter to you.
Setup active searches for specific keywords and get notified on new search results.
Follow updates from people on Twitter.
Customize the visual theme and layout of your byTagg client.
Currently supports Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and Vista.

Check out byTagg @ www.bytagg.com (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas)

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SparkTooth: Monitor Web Pages For Specific Updates

kaly — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:54:47 +0000

SparkTooth is an online tool that lets you monitor web pages for updates by instructing the site to watch the given page for specific phrases and send email alert when they found. SparkTooth will scan the given page every 10 minutes any email you as soon as it detects the keyword phrase. The alerts are valid only for one time. That is to say, once SparkTooth finds what you’re looking for it will notify you and then remove your email from the system.

SparkTooth is a free service and there is no limit on the number of the web pages user may monitor.

Features:

Monitor web pages for specific words and phrases.
Monitor as many pages as needed.
Web pages are checked on 10 minute intervals.
Once the keyword is found and user been notified the email is removed from the system.
No registration needed.

Check out SparkTooth @ www.sparktooth.com (via Tecnopassion)

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WikiAlarm: Track Wikipedia Edits & Get Email Alets

kaly — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:50:38 +0000

WikiAlarm is an online tool that lets you track Wikipedia edits on the pages that interest you and get email alerts whenever someone edits any of the pages. The application is easy to use and you can monitor unlimited number of pages. Simply register on the site and add a list of the pages you want to track. WikiAlarm will notify you via email as soon as any change is detected.

Features:

Track Wikipedia changes and get email alerts.
Track as many pages as you like.
Free and easy to use.

Check out WikiAlarm @ www.wikialarm.com (via Redferret)

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Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library

azim — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:48:15 +0000

Wowbrary is a free service that can monitor your local public library and alert you on new book arrivals. Just enter your zip code, select your library from the list and signup with your email to receive weekly updates from that library. Currently it serves libraries in major US cities, covering over 34 million in population

Once you receive your weekly email you can view the latest movies, DVD, books divided by categories and week’s Top Choices from the library. Click on items to get more detailed info from the library’s website.

Here’s how a weekly email looks like:

Features:

Subscribe to receive free weekly email updates on newly arrived books, dvd’s, movies and music.
Serves libraries in major US cities, covering over 34 million in population.
Find libraries near you by entering your Zip code.
Sign up to as many libraries as you want.
Browse items by type: Book, DVDs, Movies, Music and by categories. View week’s Top Choices.
Free. Sign up with your email to receive weekly updates

Check out Wowbrary @ www.wowbrary.com

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AlertPedia: Create Category Wise Email Alerts For Free

abhijeet — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:33:25 +0000

If you like to stay up-to-date on things like fluctuating air fares between two cities, price of an item on craigslist, food or product recalls by companies or house prices in your neighborhood then Alertpedia is a service which you can make use of. It helps you create category wise email alerts for free and supports wide range of categories like health, real estate, local events, services, jobs and much more.

Features

Create category wise email alerts free.
Wide range of categories like travel, real estate and jobs supported.
Mainly focused on the US market.
RSS feeds available too.
No registration required to start with.
Similar sites: Trackle

Check out Alertpedia @ www.alertpedia.com ( by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Crap, I Missed it!: Never Miss Anything Again

azim — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:02:36 +0000

“Crap i missed it!” is a useful notification service that lets you subscribe and get alerts by email when there are news in your selected topics. Categories include events, music album releases, products, sports scores, new movies etc.

Subscribe to broad categories like Books, as well as to specific categories like Books-> Personal Relationships. Notifications to your subscriptions are sent combined in one email. You can unsubscribe from the email anytime you want.

How notifications work for different categories:

Amazon bestsellers – Notifes on new items in Most Popular list. Subscribe to Top 10 or top 50. US Only. Books, DVDs, Gadgets, Music and more.
Best Movies – Notifies when a new movie appears on Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh List. (Movies in Fresh List are reviewed by more than 40 critics and score 75% or higher )
TV Shows – Notifies where new episodes come out for selected shows
Concerts – Notifies if a concert of the selected artist is taking place within 50 miles around your Zip code. 2 weeks in advance.
Sports scores – Notifies on latest scores, upcoming matches, 3 days in advance.
Top Videos (YouTube) – Notifies when there is a new video in Youtube’s most popular videos over the month. Subscribe to Top 10 or Top 50.
Top News – Notifies when there is a new item in Digg’s Most Popular stories over 30 days. Subscribe to Top 10 or Top 50.
Currencies – Select currencies from and into. Notifies when daily closing rate changes by 3% or more from your last notification (ex: from Euro to US Dollar).

Features:

Subscribe to get notified on changes or news in your selected topics
All notifications are combined into a single email
Subscribe to general and/or to specific categories (Books vs. Books->Personal Relationships)
Unsubscribe anytime you want
Access your subscriptions online.

Check out Crap, I Missed it! @ www.crapimissedit.com

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TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts

abhijeet — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:18:35 +0000

TripChill is a mobile travel assistant which keeps you up-to-date with changes in your travel itinerary and alerts you on our cellphone when there is a delay in flight, changes made to hotel bookings, gate changes and other such trip related changes, in real time. You can sign up for a free account and then forward all your confirmation emails (like flight and hotel booking confirmation emails) to it so that it can track the changes.

It can also alert your friends about your travel status and suggest you alternate flights. It works on all mobile devices and has a cool iPhone interface too.

Features:

Real time travel alerts on your mobile phone
Get the itinerary monitored automatically.
Set up notification preferences from the web interface.
Works on all mobile phones including iPhone.
Book car and hotel room from your phone and get alternate flight recommendations.
Alert your friends about your travel status.

Form more info watch demo video below:

Check out TripChill @ www.tripchill.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Trackle: Personalized Web Alert & Online Content Tracking Tool

abhijeet — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:10:49 +0000

Trackle is a new service in the market which actually has the potential to overtake all the other web alert online services, including Google Alerts. It helps you track just about anything – movies, books, youtube videos, events, jobs, birthdays….just anything and everything which is traceable on the internet. It also provides real time RSS feeds and alerts of things like job listings, product prices and financial information, which is really cool.

Features

Comprehensive online tracking and web alert service.
Get alerts through web, email or sms.
Create your own tracklets catering to different kinds of things you want to track.
Get reminders and notifications for important events.
Real time information to help you remain up-to-date.

Check out Trackle @ www.trackle.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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FollowMyStuff: Shipment Monitoring with Email Alerts

azim — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:57:09 +0000

FollowMyStuff is a shipment monitoring tool that tracks and notifies you by email every time there is a change in the movement of your shipment. Currently it can track shipments from DHL, UPS and USPs. Fedex, though, is not supported.

You simply enter tracking number # of your package, your email address and start receiving updates on the status of your shipment. When your shipment is received, it is no longer checked for updates anymore and your email address along with other information is purged from the site.

Features:

Shipment tracking web service with email alerts.
Checks every 10 minutes.
Unsubscribe from receiving updates at any time.
Your information (email, ip address etc) is purged after shipment is received or when you unsubscribe.
Free, no registration.
For more shipment tracking services see shipping section. There are dozens of tools to choose from.

Check out FollowMyStuff @ www.followmystuff.com

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Feedrevolution: Track New Music Album Releases

abhijeet — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:53:26 +0000

Feedrevolution is a simple website which could prove useful to music lovers, especially those who are always on the lookout for brand new music releases. This website acts like a music alert service and sends you an email when your favorite artist releases an album. You could enter artist names separated by commas or even import your last.fm library (the site is powered by last.fm ). It also provides personalized RSS feeds for the album releases.

Features

Tracks your favorite artist for brand new albums and songs
Get email updates for latest releases.
Simple user interface.
Based on last.fm recommendations.
Create personalized RSS feeds.
Similar websites:Albumreminder, Muspy and Music-Alerts.

Check out Feedrevolution @ www.feedrevolution.com ( Added by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Urge-Me: Get Reminders Via Email

kaly — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:19:03 +0000

Here is another reminder tool that can send you simple reminders via email for things and tasks that you need to do. The site has a clutter-free interface and setting reminders is dead easy. Just type in your email address, enter the item you want to be reminded about, select the deadline and click on the “UrgeMe” button. Urge-Me will then remind you about it in advance.

You can set as many reminders as you like and cancel them at any time by simply clicking a link that you get when you created your reminder.

Features:

Online reminding service.
Set as many reminders as you like.
Easily delete reminders at any time.
Simple and easy to use.
Similar websites: YourLi.st, QuickReminders and more here.

Check out Urge-Me @ www.urge-me.com

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Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In

Kinshuk Sunil — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:50:35 +0000

Yotify.com is an innovative web content tracking service that can monitor a bunch of different websites for anything you want. It allows you to define keywords (”Scouts”) for items you want to watch (monitor) and then track them on a number of popular web sources, organized in various categories. These sources in turn are bundles of popular websites clubbed together.

Yotify lets you track anything on the web: send out a Yotify Scout to track new apartment rental listings, a sale on a pair of shoes you’ve been looking to buy, concert tickets that have just gone on sale and so much more!

The application is really simple to use and has intuitive and self explanatory interface. All you have to do is select the source and enter the keyword you want to monitor.

It provides you with a number of options to receive updates for items you are tracking; from daily or weekly digests, in your inbox or on the website, etc.

The concept is very similar to Google Alerts. The difference is that Yotify also allows you to narrow down your sources, unlike Google Alert.

Features:

Monitor web content on websites you visit often for things that matter.
Track multiple content sources easily.
Customize how you want to receive your updates.
Similar websites: Alerts

For more info watch demo video below:

Check Out Yotify @ www.yotify.com (Contributed by Kinshuk Sunil from kinshuksunil.com)

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Recalls: Get Allerts About Recalled Unsafe Products

kaly — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:02:13 +0000

If you want to stay alerted about hazardous and unsafe products recalled from US shops, check out Recalls.gov. It is web service subsidized by US government where you can get information about all recalled items.

The site lets you get info on recalled consumer products, motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics and environmental products. You can easily search for recalls, check out recent recalls and subscribe to be alerted about new recalls via email.

Features:

Stay updated about recalled items.
You can get recalls info on Consumer Products, Motor Vehicles, Boats, Food, Medicine, Cosmetics and Environmental Products.
Search recalls and check out recent ones.
Subscribe and get email alerts.

Check out Recalls @ www.recalls.gov

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Video-Alerts: Monitor YouTube Videos by Keyword & Get Alerts

kaly — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:02:45 +0000

Video-Alerts is new YuoTube alert tool that can monitor YouTube videos by keyword or username of your choice and notify you via email when new videos are uploaded. You can monitor up up to 10 keywords at a time and alerts frequency can be easily customized.

Features:

Monitor YouTube for new video releases.
Monitor videos by keyword or username.
Customize alert frequency (once a day, once per two days or once per week).
Free, and allows to monitor up to 10 keywords at one session.
Other website that can be used for the same purpose is FeedKy.

Check out Video-Alert @ www.video-alerts.com

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Albumreminder: Set Alerts for Newly Released Songs & Albums

kaly — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:33:38 +0000

AlbumReminder is an online tool that monitors newly released songs and albums of your favorite artists and notifies you via email or RSS feed.

The alert setup is simple and easy. After creating an account, simply add your favorite artists or bands to your personal list. From that moment whenever there is a new album release for one of the artists or bands in your list the AlbumReminder will send a notification to your email address.

For RSS alerts you wold need to subscribe to AlbumReminder feed using your feed reader.

AlbumRemindr supports every artist that is available on Amazon. The notifications can be easily customized: among other things you can change the Amazon region you want to monitor, set alerts to be delivered a few days before release date, set alerts for all versions of an album or for the original version only.

Features

Monitor newly released albums of your favorite artist or band.
Get email or RSS alerts.
RSS feed includes album covers. Here is an example of the rss-feed.
Customize Amazon region you want AlbumReminder to monitor.
Option to set notifications to be sent few days before the album release date.
Receive notifications for all versions of an album or for the original version only.
More features coming in the future.
Similar websites: Muspy and Music-Alerts

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DingIt’sUp: Notifies You When Website Goes Down

kaly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:15:19 +0000

Here is another online tool that can monitor any website you want and alert you when it goes down or comes back up. You can set it to alert you using text messages (SMS), Twitter or email alerts. Works simple, just type in site’s name, select how you want to get notified and then click on ”kthnx” button.

Features:

Can monitor any website and notify you when it goes down or back up.
Monitor as many sites as you like.
Get email, twitter or SMS alerts.
SMS alert available for almost all major provider worldwide.
No registration needed
Similar websites: NotifyMeWhenItsUp

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Notifixio-us: Monitor Websites For Updates

kaly — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:28:37 +0000

Notifixio.us is a website that can help you monitor websites for updates or recent changes. It can inform you of changes via email, SMS and or even send a alert in your instant messenger. The process is rather straightforward, all you have to do is provide it with the URL of the site you want to monitor and choose how you want to be notified. No registration needed.

The application works with any website that provides RSS, Atom or XML feeds. For websites that does not support feeds check out previously published How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds.

Another neat feature is the option to apply keyword filters and watch sites for specific content changes. Quite handy.

Furthermore if you have a personal blog or website you can embed Notifixio.us widget and allow your visitors to subscribe to your blog and receive new articles from any categoy they want.

Features:

Monitor websites for changes and get notified by email, SMS or IM.
Monitor as many sites as you like.
Option to apply keyword filters and get alerts only for specific changes.
Supported IM services: GTalk, Aim, Live Messenger, Jabber, ICQ and Yahoo! Messenger.
Other similar websites:PageTiki, Page2RSS, FeedMySearch and Feedity.

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StuffAlert: Alerts You When Items You Want Are Listed On eBay

kaly — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:51:39 +0000

Stuff Alert is an eBay alert tool that can send you free email alerts when some item you want to buy is is listed for sale on eBay. Tell StuffAlert what you’re interested in (ex. Apple iPhone 8GB) and it will scan all newly listed items to see if they match provided keywords. Whenever someone lists the item you are looking for, you will be instantly notified by email with the link to that auction. You can set up as many alerts as you like and easily turn them off whenever you want.

Features:

Get alerts when the item you looking for is listed on eBay.
Set and get as many alerts as you like.
Integrated eBay search
Simple and easy to use.
Mobile SMS alerts feature is coming.

Check out StuffAlert @ www.stuffalert.com

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Twilert: Monitor Twitter Conversations For Any Keyword

kaly — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:18:31 +0000

Nice online application that allows you monitor Twitter for any keyword of your choice and get notified via email. To get started you need to signup and creat an account first. Then enter the keywords you want it to watch in Twitter conversations and set how often you want to be alerted (daily, weekly or monthly ). Click on “Create a Twilert” button and you’re good to go. Whenever one of your keywords comes up in some Twitter conversation you will be notified via email.

There are advanced options for refining your alerts and keywords also available. You can specify language and exact phrase, include additional keywords to watch for, specify what keywords to avoid, and even track twitter conversations from particular users and location.

Features:

Monitor Twitter conversations for specific keywords get alerts via email.
Monitor as many words as you like.
Choose how often you want to receive alerts.
Use advanced settings to refine keywords and alerts by location, by user and more.

Checkout Twilert @ www.twilert.com

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NotifyMeWhenItsUp: Get Notified When Error Pages are Back Up

kaly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:00:31 +0000

As the name suggests this application can watch temporarily down page and send you an email alert when it goes back online. Works really simple, simply add the URL of the website that is down and email address where you want to get notified. Click on ”Thanks” button.

Features:

Get email alerts when site 404 down pages go back online.
Monitor as many pages as you like.
No registration needed.

Check out NotifyMeWhenItsUp @ www.notifymewhenitsup.com

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Notify.me: Get Real Time Alerts On Info You Care About

abhijeet — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:25:48 +0000

Notify.me is a new service which endeavors to deliver any information on the web which you consider important, in real time. You can track items on sites like Craigslist, watch Twitter, keep a track of job postings in your field or stay up to date on breaking news.

There are different options to choose from for the delivery of notifications – instant messenger, email, SMS or desktop application. There’s also a web interface which lets you manage your notifications easily.

Features

Real time notification service.
Track job postings, craigslist items and other listings.
Various notification delivery options.
Web interface to manage notifications.

Check out Notify.me @ www.notify.me ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Traveas: Track Flight Information On your Cellphone

abhijeet — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:18:54 +0000

Traveas is an online service which lets you track flight status, airport delays, and other flight and airport information on your cellphone. It’s currently in beta and is free during this period. It also appears that it is currently available only to US customers. The user interface is clean and a simple one and you can easily enter your travel information to get the desired results.

How it works :

Step 1 You can enter the source and destination city airports to start with. It has an autocomplete feature to help you with the exact information. You can also select the travel date.

Step 2 Choose the flight you’d like to track and click on the track button to track it.

Step 3 Select what kind of flight information you’d like to get in your mobile phone.

Step 4 Track the information by sending an SMS in the given format to the specified cellphone number. That’s it. You can now get alerts on your cellphone.

Check out Traveas @ www.traveas.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Muspy: Get Notified on Album Release Dates

kaly — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:44:25 +0000

Muspy tracks new album releases dates from your favorite artists and bands and notifies you via email as soon as the new album is out. The email also includes the album name and release date. Using this tool you will never miss any new release.

To get started you will have to register first. Once that’s done you can begin adding te artists you want Muspy to track. As far as I can tell there is no limit on the number of bands or artists that can be tracked.

Features:

Get email alerts on album releases from your favorite artists.
Track as many artists as you like.
Registration required.
See all album releases for any artist, in chronological order.

There is another similar website called Music-Alert. Unlike Muspy, this one sends album release dates to your feedreader.

Check out Muspy @ www.muspy.com

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Quicken Beam: Check Bank Balance & Get Payment Alerts on Mobile

kaly — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:38:44 +0000

Want to keep a track of your daily spendings and bank accounts from your mobile phone? Try Quicken Beam. Using this program on you will be able to track your bank account balance, setup payment due alerts, check and log transactions, create reminders and more directly from your mobile phone.

Once you have signed up for an account, find and select your bank and add your account details by following instructions. Now you can begin adding reminders alerts, payment due alerts and so on.

Features:

Check your bank account balance from mobile phone.
Keep track of your daily spendings and transactions.
Setup and receive text message reminders and payment due alerts.
Manage your Quicken Beam account from your PC or mobile phone.
Available only to US users.
iPhone optimized.
See all features and how to instructions here.

Quicken Beam is a 100% free service, however please keep in mind that your mobile provider may charge you for standard text messaging fees (unless your service plan includes unlimited text messaging).

Get Quicken Beam @ quickenbeam.intuit.com

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Observu: Get an eMail Alert When your Website Goes Down

kaly — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:06:03 +0000

Want to get an email alert when your website or blog goes down? Check out Observu. It is a free and simple website monitoring service that can continuously monitor your websites for uptime. Whenever one of your sites goes down you will be immediately alerted via email. There is no limit to the number of sites monitored; simply register and add as many sites as you want.

Features:

Monitors your websites for uptime and alerts you by email in case one of them goes down.
Monitor as many websites as you want.
Add a text Observu should look for on the page to verify that the correct content is being shown.
Other similar services we have reviewed: BasicState, Montastic, MrUptime and Pingability

Check out Observu @ www.observu.com

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Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon

abhijeet — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:29:33 +0000

Zlert is an alert service which lets you receive alerts from Amazon about a new product or changes made to an existing product. It lets you set up different types of alerts so that you don’t need to visit Amazon again and again and you can get the required information right in your feed reader or inbox.

You can monitor a particular product and the changes related to it, be it price drops, new related items or new products by the same manufacturer. If you came across an item and liked it but you’d prefer buying it later then you can set up a reminder to buy the item on the specific date.

Some of the alert types you can create:

It’s true that Amazon itself allows you to create alerts but Zlert goes a step further and presents more options. Hence this could be a useful service for those who buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and need to visit the site several times everyday.

Check out Zlert @ www.zlert.com (Contributed by Abhijeet Mukherjee from Jeet Blog)

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Google Alerts : News Alerts to your Email

Aibek — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:45:38 +0000

Google Alerts is an extremely useful service that helps you monitor and stay up to date on latest developments about any product, website, blog, person, news story etc. It continuously scans web for relevant stories and delivers updates to your email address.

There are 6 types available: News, Blogs, Web, Comprehensive, Groups and Video. News alert monitors news sources, Blogs for tracking blogs, and so on.

Some ways to use Google Alerts:

Stay up to date on a developing news story.
Get latest news on a celebrity, your favorite sports team or event.
Be the first to know when you or your website make the news.
Stay current on a competitor.

What makes Google Alerts particularly useful is the ability to use standard Google Operands like quotation marks, OR and AND connectors. For instance setting up an alert for Clinton AND Obama will bring you all news stories that mentions both of them.

Registration is not required, all it needs is an email address where you want to receive the alerts. Though if you subscribe you will be able to manage and edit their alerts from one place.

Check out Google Alerts @ www.google.com/alerts

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