Google News Monitor — brand and keyword alerts with real article URLs

Track any brand, person, competitor or topic on Google News. Each run returns only the articles you haven't received yet, so you can schedule it hourly or daily and pipe the results straight into Slack, email, a sheet or a webhook without duplicates.

• Real publisher URLs: Google News links are redirects; this actor resolves them to the article's own URL (articleUrl), so you can open, archive or summarise the article directly.
• Only new articles: pay only for news you haven't seen. Turn onlyNew off to get everything.
• Google search operators: "exact phrase", OR, -exclude, site:reuters.com, intitle:.
• Any country edition: US, UK, India, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Japan and more.
• Exclude sources you don't want (aggregators, competitors' blogs).

Who uses this

• PR and comms teams: brand and executive mentions, crisis alerts.
• Sales: news triggers on target accounts (funding, launches, leadership changes).
• Investors and analysts: watch portfolio companies and sectors.
• Content creators and newsletters: a daily feed of fresh stories in your niche.

Input

{
  "queries": ["OpenAI", "\"electric vehicles\" battery", "Tesla -stock"],
  "timeRange": "1d",
  "edition": "US:en",
  "onlyNew": true,
  "stateKey": "my-brand-monitor",
  "excludeSources": ["msn.com"]
}

Output (one row per new article)

{
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "title": "OpenAI parts ways with researchers who allegedly shared confidential information",
  "source": "CBS News",
  "sourceDomain": "cbsnews.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-01T16:41:00.000Z",
  "articleUrl": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-parts-ways-with-three-researchers-who-mishandled-sensitive-information/",
  "googleNewsUrl": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi...",
  "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-01T17:05:12.000Z",
  "edition": "US:en"
}

If nothing new was published since the last run, the run returns one free status row instead.

Pricing

Pay per new article delivered. Articles you've already received are never charged again when onlyNew is on.

FAQ

How many articles per query? Google News returns up to 100 per query and run. For busy topics, use a shorter time range or schedule more often.

Is articleUrl always filled? Almost always. If Google doesn't resolve a link, the row keeps the Google News link, which still opens the article.