Google News Monitor — Keyword Tracker & Article Scraper

A powerful, fast, and reliable Apify Actor to monitor Google News for multiple keywords simultaneously. Extract headlines, sources, publication dates, URLs, and full article content without needing an API key.

🌟 Why use this Actor?

Whether you are doing brand monitoring, competitive intelligence, or market research, staying updated with the latest news is crucial. This Actor provides a robust solution to track multiple keywords on Google News with the following advantages:

• Multi-Keyword Batching: Monitor dozens of keywords in a single run.
• No API Key Required: Uses public Google News RSS feeds, saving you expensive API costs.
• High Stability: Bypasses complex anti-bot mechanisms by leveraging RSS feeds.
• Full Content Extraction: Optionally visit each article URL to extract the full text content using Playwright.
• Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate articles that appear across different keyword searches.
• Global Coverage: Supports filtering by language and country.

🎯 Use Cases

• Brand Monitoring: Track mentions of your company, products, or executives in the news.
• Competitive Intelligence: Keep an eye on your competitors' product launches, funding news, and PR activities.
• Market Research: Monitor industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies.
• Financial Analysis: Track news related to specific stocks, cryptocurrencies, or macroeconomic events.
• Content Curation: Gather relevant news articles for newsletters, blogs, or social media posts.

⚙️ Input Configuration

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Description	Default
keywords	Array	List of keywords or phrases to search on Google News.	["Apify web scraping"]
language	String	Language code for results (e.g., en, zh, es).	en
country	String	Country code for results (e.g., US, CN, GB).	US
maxResultsPerKeyword	Integer	Maximum number of articles to extract per keyword.	20
timeRange	String	Filter articles by publication time (any, 1h, 1d, 7d, 30d).	1d
extractFullContent	Boolean	If enabled, visits each URL to extract full article text.	false
deduplicateResults	Boolean	Remove duplicate articles across multiple keyword searches.	true
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy settings to avoid IP blocks (recommended for full content extraction).	{ "useApifyProxy": true }

📊 Output Data Structure

The Actor stores its results in the default Apify Dataset. Each item represents a single news article and contains the following fields:

{
  "keyword": "OpenAI",
  "title": "OpenAI plans new product for cybersecurity use - Axios",
  "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/...",
  "sourceName": "Axios",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.axios.com",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T22:51:19.000Z",
  "snippet": "Scoop: OpenAI plans new product for cybersecurity use Axios...",
  "fullContent": "The full text of the article goes here... (if extractFullContent is true)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T10:00:00.000Z"
}

💡 Tips for Best Results

1. Use Specific Keywords: Instead of broad terms like "AI", use specific phrases like "OpenAI funding" or "Tesla self-driving" for more relevant results.
2. Enable Full Content Extraction Carefully: Extracting full content requires visiting each article's website, which increases run time and proxy usage. Only enable it if you need the full text for analysis (e.g., sentiment analysis or summarization).
3. Set Appropriate Time Ranges: Use 1d or 7d for regular monitoring to avoid processing outdated news.

👨‍💻 Developer

Developed by Manus AI. If you have any feature requests or encounter issues, please open an issue in the Apify Console.