'Founded in In February of 2003 Google Alerts' is a content change detection and notification service, offered by the search engine company Google, that automatically notifies users when new content from news, web, blogs, video and/or discussion groups matches a set of search terms selected by the user and stored by the Google Alerts service. Notifications can be sent by email, as a web feed or displayed on the users iGoogle page. The service is available to the general public as an open beta release.

Google Alerts only provides content from Google's own search engine.

Currently there are six types of alerts sent when new content matches the search terms of the alert:

• Everything – (default setting) aggregates News, Web and Blogs
• News – sent when matching content makes it into the top ten results of a Google News search
• Web – sent when new web pages appear in the top twenty results for a Google Web search
• Blogs – sent when matching content appears in the top ten results of a Google Blog Search
• Video – sent when matching content appears in the top ten results of a Google video search
• Groups – sent when matching content appears in the top fifty results of a Google Groups search

Users determine the frequency of checks for new results. Three options are available: "once a day", "once a week", or "as it happens". These options set the maximum frequency of alerts and do not necessarily control how often they will receive alerts. Alerts are sent only if new content matches the user-selected search terms.

The first option, for example, means they will receive at most one alert email per day. The "as it happens" option can result in many alert emails per day, depending on the search.

Google Alerts are available in plain text as well as HTML. In October 2008 Google also made alerts available as RSS feeds.

See also[link]

• List of Google services and tools
• Media monitoring service

External links[link]

• Google Alerts website
• Google Alerts FAQ
• Google Analytics Alerts (Via the API)

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Martin Neil Butler (born 15 September 1974 in Dudley, West Midlands) is a former English footballer who played as a striker between 1993 and 2009. Butler notably played for Walsall, Cambridge United and Reading. He also had spells with Rotherham United, Grimsby Town, Burton Albion and Worcester City.

Career[link]

Walsall[link]

Butler spent most of his youth in Bridgnorth, Shropshire,^{[citation needed]} attending Castlefields Primary School^{[citation needed]} and Oldbury Wells School.^{[citation needed]}Butler started his career at Walsall, where he rose through the youth ranks. Following rave reviews,^{[citation needed]} he made his senior debut in the 1993-94 season.

Cambridge United[link]

However, his career at Walsall faltered, and he was allowed to join Cambridge United for £22,500 in the summer of 1997. A prolific spell at the Abbey Stadium prompted Reading to pay around the £750k mark for his services in February 2000

Reading[link]

Butler continued his fine goal-scoring form - including a goal in the 2000-01 Football League Second Division Playoff Final in May 2001, although Reading went on to lose the match 3-2 to Butler's old team Walsall. On 6 November 2001, Butler was stretchered off during Reading's 2-0 win over Wrexham, suffering serious damage to his ankle. He broke his ankle and fibula, and suffered ligament damage competing for a ball on the touchline after his foot stuck in the ground. He did not play again until April 2002, but his goals that season still helped Reading to get promoted to the First Division in second place.

Rotherham United[link]

After his injury, Butler could not recapture the form for Reading that he'd shown before, and after floating in and out of the first team, he was sold to Rotherham United in a £150,000 deal in August 2003.

Walsall (second spell)[link]

Butler then moved back to Walsall three seasons later on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal on 1 July 2006.

Grimsby Town[link]

In October 2007 Butler, whose contract with Walsall is due to end at the end of the 2007/08 season, signed a three-month loan deal at Football League Two side Grimsby Town. The move lasted until January at which point Grimsby signed him on a permanent deal.^[1] He made his debut for Grimsby on 20 October against Wycombe Wanderers. Butler's time at Grimsby was troubled due to the players concerns that his 350 mile round trip from his Worcester home to Grimsby were affecting his performances on and off the pitch, and he notably missed training regularly due to the time it took to commute. Alan Buckley attempted to offload Butler to Hereford United on transfer deadline day, which was only two months after signing a two year deal at Blundell Park, but the player rejected Hereford's contract offer. In an attempt to amend relations with Grimsby, Butler returned to regular training and won back his place in the side next to Danny North and helped The Mariners climb from 19th in League Two, to 10th. Despite Butler's renewed attempts to salvage his Grimsby career, he reignited his travel problems, and this eventually saw the player drop out of contention at the club. He played his last game for the club in the Carling Cup fixture with Blackburn Rovers and after that he was shelved by Buckley who dropped him to the reserves, which is where he remained for the rest of his time at Grimsby before he was eventually released in October 2008 by the club's new manager Mike Newell.

Burton Albion[link]

In February 2009, he was announced as Roy McFarland's first signing at Burton Albion when he signed a contract until May 2009, he was released at the end of the season.

Worcester City[link]

Upon his release he signed for Worcester City in July 2009.^[2] It was said that Butler would be heading towards management, however nothing has arisen.

Honours[link]

Cambridge United[link]

• Third Division runner up: 1998-99

Grimsby Town[link]

• Football League Trophy runner up: 2007-08

Reading[link]

• Second Division runner up: 2001-02

Walsall[link]

• Third Division runner up: 1994–95
• Coca Cola League Two Champions: 2006–2007

Burton Albion[link]

• Conference National Champions: 2008–2009

References[link]

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