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Free Social Media Monitoring Tool ² Setup Guide
Overview:
If you are looking for an overview before you actually start,please go thought my blogfor a basic ideaon how the tool works.
Setting up:
The setup process consists of two main steps. First, fetching the RSS feeds and second, adding it to theRSS reader (Google Reader) and organizing it for easy reference.
Step 1: Fetching RSS Feeds from different kinds of social networking websites
1.
 
B
logs
1.1.
 
Go tohttp://blogsearch.google.com/ 1.2.
 
Enter the search term and hit ´Search Blogsµ(Tip: the search term can be your brand name,product, services or competitor·s brand)1.3.
 
Copy the Atom feed URL and save it
2
.
 
Forums
2.1.
 
Go tohttp://www.google.com/alerts/ 2.2.
 
Enter the search term2.3.
 
Select ´Discussionµ as type2.4.
 
Select email length ´50µ2.5.
 
Deliver to ´Feedµ2.6.
 
Hit ´Create Alertµ2.7.
 
Copy the Feed URL and save it
3
.
 
Video Websites
3.1.
 
Go tohttp://www.google.com/alerts/ 3.2.
 
Enter the search term3.3.
 
Select ´Videoµ as type3.4.
 
Select email length ´50µ3.5.
 
Deliver to ´Feedµ3.6.
 
Hit ´Create Alertµ3.7.
 
Copy the Feed URL and save it
 
4
.
 
News
4.1.
 
Go tohttp://news.google.com/ 4.2.
 
Enter the search term and hit ´Search Newsµ4.3.
 
Copy the RSS feed URL and save it
5
.
 
Twitter
5.1.
 
Go tohttp://twitter.com/and login5.2.
 
Enter the keyword and search5.3.
 
Copy the RSS feed URL and save it5.4.
 
Refer the image to find the RSS feed
6
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Facebook** 
6.1.
 
Go tohttp://www.google.com/alerts/ 6.2.
 
Enter the search term with this prefix (withoutquotes) ´site:facebook.com µ6.3.
 
Select ´Everythingµ as type6.4.
 
Select email length ´50µ6.5.
 
Deliver to ´Feedµ6.6.
 
Hit ´Create Alertµ6.7.
 
Copy the Feed URL and save it6.8.
 
Tip: Make sure you leave a space between theprefix and your search term
7
.
 
LinkedIn** 
7.1.
 
Go tohttp://www.google.com/alerts/ 7.2.
 
Enter the search term with this prefix (withoutquotes) ´site:linkedin.com µ7.3.
 
Select ´Everythingµ as type7.4.
 
Select email length ´50µ7.5.
 
Deliver to ´Feedµ7.6.
 
Hit ´Create Alertµ7.7.
 
Copy the Feed URL and save it7.8.
 
Tip: Make sure you leave a space between theprefix and your search term
**
- Facebook and LinkedIn tracking are still in experiment mode, it may not work properly.

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