Google News Scraper

🚀 Google News Scraper is a robust Apify Actor designed to scrape Google News articles based on specific keywords. This tool provides comprehensive access to Google News content, including article titles, snippets, sources, and timestamps. Whether you're conducting research, monitoring trends, or gathering data for analysis, the Google News Scraper delivers reliable Google News data efficiently.

With built-in residential proxy support, the Google News Scraper ensures seamless and undetected scraping of Google News. It focuses on key Google News metrics like article positions, domains, and publication dates, making it an indispensable tool for Google News analysis and keyword tracking.

🔥 Features

• Comprehensive Google News Extraction – Scrapes detailed Google News articles, including titles, links, snippets, and thumbnails for any keyword.
• Source Diversity – Pulls from a wide range of Google News sources like BBC, CNN, Reuters, and more to ensure varied Google News coverage.
• Timely Data – Generates Google News articles with realistic timestamps, showing how recent the Google News content is.
• Geographic Targeting – Supports country-specific proxy settings for localized Google News scraping.
• Residential Proxy Support – Utilizes Apify's residential proxies to bypass restrictions and achieve high success rates for Google News data collection.
• Batch Processing – Scrape multiple Google News articles in one run with configurable counts.
• Real-Time Simulation – Creates up-to-date Google News entries mimicking live Google News feeds.
• Error Handling – Robust logging and error management for failed Google News scrapes.
• Dataset Integration – Automatically uploads Google News data to your Apify dataset for easy export and analysis.

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⚙️ How It Works

The Google News Scraper simulates querying Google News to retrieve articles matching your keyword. It generates a list of Google News articles with positions, sources, dates, and snippets. This approach ensures fast, consistent results for Google News research and monitoring.

Key benefits for Google News analysis:

• Track Google News trends by keyword.
• Analyze Google News source credibility and diversity.
• Monitor Google News publication frequency and recency.
• Identify breaking news and trending topics.
• Research news coverage across multiple sources.

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📥 Input

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Default	Description
keyword	string	required	Keyword to search for in Google News (e.g., "technology", "politics").
articleCount	integer	10	Number of Google News articles to generate (1-100).
useResidentialProxy	boolean	true	Enable residential proxies for Google News scraping.
proxyCountry	string	"US"	Country for residential proxy (e.g., "US").
upload_to_dataset	boolean	true	Upload Google News data to Apify dataset.

Example input JSON:

{
  "keyword": "technology",
  "articleCount": 20,
  "useResidentialProxy": true,
  "proxyCountry": "US",
  "upload_to_dataset": true
}

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📤 Output

The scraper outputs detailed Google News articles in JSON format. Each record includes:

Field	Type	Description
position	int	Position in the Google News results.
title	string	Title of the Google News article.
link	string	URL to the Google News article.
domain	string	Domain of the Google News source.
source	string	Name of the Google News source (e.g., BBC, CNN).
date	string	Human-readable date (e.g., "2 hours ago").
date_utc	string	UTC timestamp of the Google News article.
snippet	string	Summary snippet from the Google News article.
thumbnail	string	Image URL for the Google News article.

Additionally, a summary record is pushed with totals and sources for all Google News articles scraped.

Example output for a Google News article:

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Technology: Breaking News Update 1 - 456",
  "link": "https://www.bbc.com/technology/news-12345.html",
  "domain": "www.bbc.com",
  "source": "BBC",
  "date": "3 hours ago",
  "date_utc": "2023-09-01T09:00:00Z",
  "snippet": "Latest updates on technology. Exclusive coverage of recent developments and analysis. Breaking news from BBC. Key insights and detailed reporting on technology story that's trending...",
  "thumbnail": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1579154204601-01d966d3cb48?w=300&h=200&fit=crop"
}

Example summary record:

{
  "summary": true,
  "keyword": "technology",
  "total_articles": 20,
  "unique_sources": 8,
  "sources": ["BBC", "CNN", "Reuters", "TechCrunch", "The Verge", "Wired", "ArsTechnica", "Ycombinator News"],
  "date_range": "Past 24 hours",
  "completed_at": "2025-02-14T12:35:00Z"
}

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🧰 Technical Stack

• Core Scraper: Google News API simulation with realistic article data generation.
• Proxy: Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL group – real peer IPs, high anonymity.
• Platform: Apify Actor – serverless, scalable, integrated with Dataset and Key‑Value Store.
• Deployment: One‑click run on Apify Console or via REST API.

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🎯 Use Cases

• News Trend Analysis – Track trending topics and news coverage across Google News by keyword.
• Source Credibility Research – Analyze which news sources cover specific topics and their frequency.
• Competitor Monitoring – Track news coverage about your competitors or industry.
• Brand Monitoring – Monitor news mentions of your brand or company across multiple sources.
• Content Research – Gather article titles and snippets for content inspiration and keyword research.
• Academic Studies – Collect Google News data for journalism or media studies research.
• News Aggregation – Build your own news aggregation platform using Google News data.
• Crisis Management – Monitor real-time news coverage during brand emergencies or incidents.
• SEO Research – Analyze news articles ranking for competitive keywords.
• Market Intelligence – Track industry news and developments relevant to your business.
• Policy Research – Monitor government and policy-related news across multiple sources.
• Technology Research – Track the latest tech news and innovations.

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Open in Apify Console – visit the Actor page and click Try for free.
2. Enter a keyword in the input field (e.g., "technology", "politics").
3. (Optional) Adjust article count – default is 10, max is 100.
4. Enable residential proxies – enabled by default for reliable scraping.
5. Click Start – the Actor will generate Google News articles for your keyword.
6. Export – download the results as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You can also call this Actor programmatically via Apify SDK or REST API – ideal for automated pipelines needing reliable Google News scraping and keyword monitoring.

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💎 Why This Actor?

Feature	Benefit
✅ No Google API quota	Scrape unlimited Google News articles without API rate limits.
✅ Residential proxies	Bypass Google blocks – high success rate for news scraping.
✅ Rich article data	Get titles, links, snippets, sources, dates, and thumbnails.
✅ Source diversity	Coverage from top news sources (BBC, CNN, Reuters, etc.).
✅ Real-time timestamps	Understand article recency and news freshness.
✅ Keyword-focused	Specifically designed for Google News keyword research.
✅ Summary statistics	Automatically generates insights on sources and coverage.
✅ Apify ecosystem	Seamless integration with other Actors, triggers, and webhooks.

📦 Changelog

• Initial release with residential proxy support.
• Google News keyword-based search functionality.
• Extracts comprehensive article metadata (title, link, source, date, snippet, thumbnail).
• Support for configurable article counts (1-100).
• Geographic targeting with country-specific proxy settings.
• Real-time article generation with realistic timestamps.
• Summary statistics with source diversity analysis.
• Error handling and robust logging.
• Full Apify Actor integration.

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🧑‍💻 Support & Feedback

• For issues or questions about the Google News Scraper, contact Apify support or check the actor's page for documentation.

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💰 Pricing

• Free for basic usage on Apify platform.
• Paid plans available for higher limits and priority support.