News Search Engines Comments
http://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156261
Google News
http://news.google.com/
Provides the ability to keyword search across thousands of news sources found through crawling the web
Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/
Similar to Google News, you can keyword search across thousands of news sources found by Yahoo's news crawling partner, Moreover
AllTheWeb News
http://www.alltheweb.com/?cat=news
This Overture-owned service lets you keyword search against content gathered from news sites across the web.
AltaVista News
http://news.altavista.com/
This Overture-owned service lets you keyword search against news content found by sister-search engine AllTheWeb
Daypop
http://www.daypop.com/
Daypop lets you search through weblog content or information from RSS feeds.
News Hubs
DailyEarth.com
http://dailyearth.com/
A guide to newspaper web sites and news search resources around the world. Formerly known as NewspaperDirectory.com.
HeadlineSpot
http://www.headlinespot.com/
Major categories include news by subject, news by region, media type, opinion pages, and so on. Other categories point to resources helpful to news junkies. These include links to cool tools, resources for journalists
Kiosken
http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/engindex.html
A guide to newspaper web sites around the world.
NewsDirectory
http://www.newsdirectory.com/
Easy access to thousands of news sources, including newspapers, magazines and television stations worldwide.
Blog Search Engines
Blogdex
http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/
Long-standing services that leverages blog links for discovery purposes. Think of it as a "buzz index" according to blogs, where the goal is to show you which links anywhere on the web are currently getting the most references from bloggers. (Review: RSS: Your Gateway To News & Blog Content, April 2, 2003)
Blogdigger
http://www.blogdigger.com/
While it's called Blogdigger, this service also includes some non-blog content, as it is based on searching through RSS feeds. Feeds are either submitted or found via the Weblogs.com site.
Blogging Headline News
http://blogging-news.info
This news site samples 12,000 RSS feeds, selecting about 5,000 posts three-times a day to feature in about 130 different categories. It's designed to be an online blogging magazine. You can also keyword search for material.
BlogStreet
http://www.blogstreet.com/
Blog discovery and investigation tool that allows you to view information about a blog, such as other blogs that seem to be related to it, people linking to its entries, how it ranks in the blogging world, and much more. There's also a range of RSS tools, such as the ability to create an RSS feed for any blog (or ordinary web site) that lacks one.
Weblogs.com site http://www.weblogs.com/
Fagan Finder: Weblogs, Journals, & RSS
http://www.faganfinder.com/blogs/
Superb all-in-one search page that lets you easily search a variety of blog/RSS search engines, plus provides related links on the subject.
Feedster
http://www.feedster.com/
Feedster lets you search against content distributed via RSS. That means it's essentially a blog search engine for many people, since so many blog entries are distributed via RSS. However, some non-blog newsfeeds are also included. Feedster's Images feature is designed to present a visual look at that day's blogging world. Feedster was originally known as Roogle when launched in March 2003 and absorbed the formerly separate RSS Search service in June 2003. (Review: Feedster, July 1, 2003)
NewsIsFree
http://www.newsisfree.com
A long-standing major directory of RSS feeds. It organizes thousands of news feeds -- what it calls "news channels" -- into categories. You can browse the categories to find feeds of interest or do a search for feeds that mention your keywords in their titles and descriptions.
Syndic8.com
http://www.syndic8.com/
Another major directory of RSS feeds. It lets you look through thousands of RSS feeds that users have submitted or which have been added by volunteers to its collection. In other words, it's an Open Directory for RSS feeds.
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/
Technorati is a great service. Plug in the URL of any web page, and you can quickly see what bloggers are saying about it by using the "Link Cosmos" feature. The Breaking News feature assembles top headlines automatically
FindArticles.com
http://www.findarticles.com/
Let's you search through articles from over 300 sources, dating back to 1998, and view them for free. You can narrow your search to specific magazine categories, such as "Automotive," using a drop down option next to the search box. You can also search within a particular publication by using the "View Publications by Name" link, which appears below the search box. Find the name of the magazine you are interested in, click on its name, and the search box that appears searches against only that publication's content. (Review: A Free Deep Content Search Engine, Mar. 21, 2002). You can also access the same information from LookSmart, the owner of FindArticles, by clicking on the "Articles" tab at LookSmart.
MagPortal
http://www.magportal.com/
Allows you to find magazine articles, plus you can order results by date or publisher. Articles can also be found by browsing a directory structure.
Loving Each Other More: Search Engines & Blogs
The Search Engine Report, April 2, 2003
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175261
Explores the timely content that blogs provide, work they can do to make themselves more search engine friendly and some thoughts on what search engines might do on their end.
Making An RSS Feed
The Search Engine Report, April 2, 2003
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175271
RSS is a method of distributing links to content in your web site that you'd like others to use. In other words, it's a mechanism to "syndicate" your content. It can be an easy way to draw attention to your material, bringing you some traffic and perhaps a little net fame, depending on how good your information is.
Google News
http://news.google.com/
Provides the ability to keyword search across thousands of news sources found through crawling the web
Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/
Similar to Google News, you can keyword search across thousands of news sources found by Yahoo's news crawling partner, Moreover
AllTheWeb News
http://www.alltheweb.com/?cat=news
This Overture-owned service lets you keyword search against content gathered from news sites across the web.
AltaVista News
http://news.altavista.com/
This Overture-owned service lets you keyword search against news content found by sister-search engine AllTheWeb
Daypop
http://www.daypop.com/
Daypop lets you search through weblog content or information from RSS feeds.
News Hubs
DailyEarth.com
http://dailyearth.com/
A guide to newspaper web sites and news search resources around the world. Formerly known as NewspaperDirectory.com.
HeadlineSpot
http://www.headlinespot.com/
Major categories include news by subject, news by region, media type, opinion pages, and so on. Other categories point to resources helpful to news junkies. These include links to cool tools, resources for journalists
Kiosken
http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/engindex.html
A guide to newspaper web sites around the world.
NewsDirectory
http://www.newsdirectory.com/
Easy access to thousands of news sources, including newspapers, magazines and television stations worldwide.
Blog Search Engines
Blogdex
http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/
Long-standing services that leverages blog links for discovery purposes. Think of it as a "buzz index" according to blogs, where the goal is to show you which links anywhere on the web are currently getting the most references from bloggers. (Review: RSS: Your Gateway To News & Blog Content, April 2, 2003)
Blogdigger
http://www.blogdigger.com/
While it's called Blogdigger, this service also includes some non-blog content, as it is based on searching through RSS feeds. Feeds are either submitted or found via the Weblogs.com site.
Blogging Headline News
http://blogging-news.info
This news site samples 12,000 RSS feeds, selecting about 5,000 posts three-times a day to feature in about 130 different categories. It's designed to be an online blogging magazine. You can also keyword search for material.
BlogStreet
http://www.blogstreet.com/
Blog discovery and investigation tool that allows you to view information about a blog, such as other blogs that seem to be related to it, people linking to its entries, how it ranks in the blogging world, and much more. There's also a range of RSS tools, such as the ability to create an RSS feed for any blog (or ordinary web site) that lacks one.
Weblogs.com site http://www.weblogs.com/
Fagan Finder: Weblogs, Journals, & RSS
http://www.faganfinder.com/blogs/
Superb all-in-one search page that lets you easily search a variety of blog/RSS search engines, plus provides related links on the subject.
Feedster
http://www.feedster.com/
Feedster lets you search against content distributed via RSS. That means it's essentially a blog search engine for many people, since so many blog entries are distributed via RSS. However, some non-blog newsfeeds are also included. Feedster's Images feature is designed to present a visual look at that day's blogging world. Feedster was originally known as Roogle when launched in March 2003 and absorbed the formerly separate RSS Search service in June 2003. (Review: Feedster, July 1, 2003)
NewsIsFree
http://www.newsisfree.com
A long-standing major directory of RSS feeds. It organizes thousands of news feeds -- what it calls "news channels" -- into categories. You can browse the categories to find feeds of interest or do a search for feeds that mention your keywords in their titles and descriptions.
Syndic8.com
http://www.syndic8.com/
Another major directory of RSS feeds. It lets you look through thousands of RSS feeds that users have submitted or which have been added by volunteers to its collection. In other words, it's an Open Directory for RSS feeds.
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/
Technorati is a great service. Plug in the URL of any web page, and you can quickly see what bloggers are saying about it by using the "Link Cosmos" feature. The Breaking News feature assembles top headlines automatically
FindArticles.com
http://www.findarticles.com/
Let's you search through articles from over 300 sources, dating back to 1998, and view them for free. You can narrow your search to specific magazine categories, such as "Automotive," using a drop down option next to the search box. You can also search within a particular publication by using the "View Publications by Name" link, which appears below the search box. Find the name of the magazine you are interested in, click on its name, and the search box that appears searches against only that publication's content. (Review: A Free Deep Content Search Engine, Mar. 21, 2002). You can also access the same information from LookSmart, the owner of FindArticles, by clicking on the "Articles" tab at LookSmart.
MagPortal
http://www.magportal.com/
Allows you to find magazine articles, plus you can order results by date or publisher. Articles can also be found by browsing a directory structure.
Loving Each Other More: Search Engines & Blogs
The Search Engine Report, April 2, 2003
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175261
Explores the timely content that blogs provide, work they can do to make themselves more search engine friendly and some thoughts on what search engines might do on their end.
Making An RSS Feed
The Search Engine Report, April 2, 2003
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175271
RSS is a method of distributing links to content in your web site that you'd like others to use. In other words, it's a mechanism to "syndicate" your content. It can be an easy way to draw attention to your material, bringing you some traffic and perhaps a little net fame, depending on how good your information is.
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