Information harvesting using filtrbox
Posted in Information on September 30, 2008
In my social media presentations I recommend people at least monitor what is being said about them, their company, people, products and services, through Google Alerts.
Google Alerts is a free service that emails you when it finds information online that corresponds to your search terms.
I recently learned about a new tool called filtrbox that does the same thing. In fact, when you create a filtrbox account, you can import your Google Alerts.
The service is free for five filters, 15 days of history and one user. If you want more filters and days you can pay a subscription fee.
For those of you who are monitoring what’s being said online, filtrbox provides yet another very cool tool to get the job done.
An update:
Not more than a half-day after blogging about filtrbox, I received an alert that filtrbox is now following my updates on Twitter.
You see, that’s how you’re supposed to do it. Obviously someone at filtrbox is responsible for monitoring what’s being said about the company online. I suspect they’re participating in discussions about their product.
Another good sign: the company has its own Twitter account (@filtrbox).
Kudos to filtrbox for doing this social media thing right.
Thanks for the mention Pete! With our service you can monitor mainstream news, blogs, Twitter and FriendFeed for mentions. You can add your own RSS sources as well. What makes Filtrbox better than Google Alerts is the noise control, coverage options, and the fact that we don’t send duplicate hits.
If any of your readers would like to use Filtrbox Pro ($20/month) just use “15off” as a promo code to get a 15% discount on the first year of service! Signup @ https://www.filtrbox.com/signup.php and select the “Pro” version.
Best,
Ari