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Google Alerts Replace Old Clipping Service

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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Before the Internet existed there was a business service called “clipping” and what the clipping companies did was scour the newspapers and influential publications of the time clipping content. They’d look for information you had specified (clip it out) and send it to you. This was a fantastic way to get critical information about important matters. It was leading edge for its day…

Quaint huh? Now you can do this and more for free with Google Alerts. Here’s how:

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