google the news

[Chuck Munson]

Kelley wrote:
> 
> google's beta news search http://news.google.com/.  below, a write up from
> Tara Calishan who writes the excellent weekly newsletter, ResearchBuzz:
> 
> Google's finally launched a news search. It's in beta at
> http://news.google.com/ . This news search scrapes 100
> sources about once an hour, and allows you to search through
> almost seven days' worth of material.
> 
> I liked the collection of headlines on the front page, and
> the summaries seemed useful and readable. But at the same
> time -- only a hundred sources? And you can't restrict
> searches to a particular time (all stories scraped in the
> last day, last three days, etc.) Nate Tyler, Google's PR
> Manager, tells me that Google will be adding more news
> sources in the future. He also reminded me that the news
> search is in beta and that Google welcomes feedback and
> feature requests from users.

As a news junkie and DIY journalist, I welcome this news. The true test
will be if Google decides to index alternative news websites and blogs. It
looks like this new Google feature will replace what I used to use
Excite's news search for--Excite really went down the tubes for some
reason.

The best search engine that I've found for alternative news is:

http://www.daypop.com/

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