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Monitoring web sites RSS and other tools

Monitoring web sites RSS and other tools. Monitoring web sites. Why monitor? What? How will we monitor? How will we get the results?. Why monitor? Well – we are journalists, right? Our own stuff. How will we monitor? Do it yourself Get an agent to do the hard work.

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Monitoring web sites RSS and other tools

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  1. Monitoring web sitesRSS and other tools

  2. Monitoring web sites • Why monitor? • What? • How will we monitor? • How will we get the results?

  3. Why monitor? • Well – we are journalists, right? • Our own stuff

  4. How will we monitor? • Do it yourself • Get an agent to do the hard work

  5. How will we receive the result? • E-mail • RSS feed • Other types

  6. What will we monitor? • Sources, interest groups etc. • News sites • Search engines • Web in general • Blogosphere

  7. An example: Update Scanner • A firefox extension to monitor web pages for updates. • Useful for websites that don't provide RSS feeds.

  8. Platform for monitoring Monitoring blogs Monitoring web pages News Monitoring search engines

  9. When you need a RSS feed… • www.feed43.com • www.feedyes.com • www.feedfire.com • Etc.

  10. A feed consists of 2 (or 3) things • A title • A link • Text (not always)

  11. We only need to know two tools: • {%} means: ”something I want” • {*} means: ”stuff I don’t want” • And then we need courage…

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