Google News Scraper & Brand Mention Monitor
Pricing
from $2.00 / 1,000 article scrapeds
Google News scraper and brand mention monitor for companies, competitors, topics, and market events. Export publisher URLs, article metadata, sentiment tags, watch-mode alerts, and optional AI executive briefings.
You can access the Google News Scraper & Brand Mention Monitor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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