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What is the difference between Alerts and Mentions?

What is the difference between Alerts and Mentions?

An alert is a set of terms BuzzSumo will crawl the web to find. Mentions are matches we discover.
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Written by Matthew Rayson. Updated over a week ago

Alerts are user-defined and can be set up to track:

  • A brand name and its variations (e.g. BuzzSumo OR Buzzsumo OR Buzz Sumo)

  • A competitor

  • A set of keywords

  • Articles published by a specific author

  • Articles published by a specific website

  • New backlinks a website receives

Mentions are the results that we find (outlined above in red).

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