My colleague has been using Google Alerts for a long time to get company related news from around the web. This neat little utility checks the web for any new articles that Google finds on search term she provides. For example, she can put in a search term for Money Ning, and Google Alerts will send her an email everyday whenever someone mentions Money Ning.
A couple days ago, she started noticing that Google Alerts finds all the blogs and websites blog about coupons or deals and sends her the information as long as it matches the search terms that she puts in. After checking out the link that she found which contained the coupon, I believe she’s struck gold because this would mean that instead of always looking for a coupon from a certain company, we can just setup Google Alerts to track that company and wait for them to Google to find a coupon.
By having the coupons pushed to me instead of me needing to go find it, I foresee myself being able to take advantage of coupons much more effectively! With gas prices so high (I actually filled up at a gas station that sells gas at $5.079 a gallon), I sure can appreciate as much savings as I can find!
What I plan to do is setup a Google Alert on a few search terms and report back in a week to see if I get any coupons or deals as well as thoughts on using the service! I suggest you try this too and we can compare notes!
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Only problem I see is if it shows coupons for something that you would not purchase otherwise. This leaves you spending money on something that otherwise you would not have purchased in the first place.
Philip has a good point. I think it’s very hard to not buy something you really like if there’s a coupon in your email inbox!
Sounds like a good way to save money if you are going to be buying something anyway. I’ll be trying this out next time I need to buy something.. (may be a while)
Wow! Thanks for the explanation on how this works and the feedback. As a google/gmail person, I had received the notice, but hadn’t looked into it yet.
Now, I will – and I can see LOTS of uses for this in my life also!
Thanks! Great information and I’ll be trying it out soon.
By far the best use of googles alerts I’ve seen so far! Thanks man.
What a fantastic idea! I just set up one to look for sales on high definition camcorders. We’ll see what we come back with! Keep up the great frugality recommendations!
It works
Now I need to edit and narrow down what I was looking for as it works TOO well 
Hi,
Thanks for sharing this interesting information with us. I went to town today and filled the Jeep up with gas and almost cost me $60.00. What a waste of good money. I hope to find coupon savings on food. This Google Alerts will save time and come in handy. Thanks again!
I like it – I’m down with setting it up that way, but a lot of times the coupons it finds are random off the wall ones that I’ve seen send me to sites I really don’t want to be at…