Google News feeds: follow a Google News search as a free feed, in the language and region you choose
Follow the news about a brand, a market or a person as a feed. Type the term, pick Google News, and choose the language and the region. Every new result then arrives in your reader next to everything else you follow.
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What it does
Google News indexes a great deal of the world's news, and Inoreader can turn any search on it into a feed. Type a term in Add feed, choose Google News and pick the edition. From then on, every new article Google News finds for that term arrives in your reader. The feed sits in a folder with the rest of your sources, and the same filters, tags, rules and search work on it.
Because each feed is created for one search and one edition, you can follow the coverage of a subject market by market. For example, you can follow the same company in the US, UK, French and German editions as four feeds in one folder. Google News also indexes newspapers and broadcasters that often have no feed of their own, so this is the easiest way to follow mainstream coverage of a topic without subscribing to every outlet. Google News feeds work best for a focused set of searches, so keep to the terms that matter to you and let filters in Inoreader do the fine-tuning.
How it works
- Open Add feed and type the keyword, name or phrase you want to follow.
- Choose the Google News option, then choose the language and the region of the edition.
- Follow the feed. It appears in the sidebar and fills up as Google News finds new articles.
- Put the feed in a folder and add a filter to cut out the noise. If the matches should reach Slack, email or a tag, add a rule as well.
What people use it for
Brand and competitor coverage
Create a Google News feed for your company and for each of your main competitors, and keep them in a folder, filtered to the terms that matter. A rule then sends the mentions by email every morning.
A topic across markets
Follow the same search in several editions, so you can read the coverage of a product launch country by country.
Local news
Follow the name of a town or a region as a feed in the local language, next to the national press.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I follow a Google News search in Inoreader?
Open Add feed, type the keyword or phrase, and choose the Google News option. Pick the language and the region of the Google News edition you want, then follow the feed. It appears in your sidebar and fills with every new result.
What can I search for?
You can search for anything Google News accepts, such as a company, a product, a person, a place, a phrase in quotes or several terms. Each search becomes its own feed, so choose your searches with care. One well-chosen search, narrowed with a filter in Inoreader, usually works better than many variations of the same term.
Can I choose the language and the country?
Yes. Every Google News feed is created for one edition. You can follow the same search in English for the United States, in French for France and in German for Germany, as three separate feeds.
Does it work with the rest of Inoreader?
Yes. A Google News feed works like any other feed. You can put it in a folder, filter it by keyword, tag and save its articles, use a rule to forward matches to Slack or email, and add it to a dashboard or a digest.
How is it different from a monitoring feed?
Google News searches Google's index of news sites. A monitoring feed searches the millions of feeds that Inoreader itself collects, with the query builder, mentions and language filters, and it is a Pro feature. Many people use both for the same topic.
Is it free?
Yes. Google News feeds are available on every plan, and they count toward the number of feeds your plan allows, like any other feed.
How many Google News feeds should I follow?
Follow the searches you actually read, not every variation of them. Google treats a large number of near-identical searches coming from one service as abuse, and it can block Inoreader's requests, which affects every Inoreader user. For this reason, our Terms of Service do not allow subscribing to a large number of similar feeds from the same provider, and accounts that do so may be blocked.
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