Keyword Tips

Defining keywords takes practice. If you are not specific enough, you will get a flood of alert email; if you are too specific, you will not receive an alert when you expect one.

• Avoid smaller, common words. "Job" will be found in too many cases. "HeadHunter," "New Job," or "Job Hunt" will have better results.

• When an inappropriate web site comes to your attention, use the domain name or URL itself as a keyword. The user is likely to go back to a site he or she has already visited. For example, "www.monster.com" will be matched whenever a user goes to or types the URL for the web site.

• Take advantage of the default setting to match the whole word only. This matches the keyword standing by itself and not the keyword as part of another word or as a partial word: "Head Hunter" and NOT "Head."

Define your keywords one at a time in Keyword Alert Settings or create a list of keywords to import into the Keyword Alert Settings. The following lists of keywords are merely examples and may provide ideas for creating your own keyword lists.