# Track Brand Mentions in Google News

**Use case:** 

News-monitor task that watches Google News for a brand keyword and returns only new mentions, ready for Slack alerts. Swap in your own brand or topic.

## Input

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "Apify"
  ],
  "competitors": [],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "useGoogleNews": true,
  "useGdelt": true,
  "useHackerNews": true,
  "maxAgeDays": 7,
  "strictMatch": false,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "monitorMode": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "matchedKeyword": {
    "label": "Matched keyword",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isCompetitor": {
    "label": "Competitor",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "domain": {
    "label": "Domain",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isNew": {
    "label": "New",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Brand & News Monitor 📰 (Google News alerts to Slack & API)](https://apify.com/tagadanar/brand-news-monitor) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tagadanar/brand-news-monitor) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.