Tracking A Google Keyword Search Using RSS
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This is an example of hacking done right.
I know, that statement is a bit of a paradox, but I stand behind my words. Here's why.
Although everyone else seems to be jumping on the RSS-bandwagon (even Yahoo), offering at least some of their content via RSS, Google seems to be pretty silent in the ol' RSS-implementation-of-some-sort department.
In very least, I'd love for Google to generate an RSS feed for a keyword search. This would allow me to subscribe to the feed and any time new content was indexed that met my search parameters, the feed would be updated and I could track the results from my newsreader.
Fortunately, despite the fact that Google currently chooses to ignore us RSS evangelists, someone has stepped up to bat to create a simple service (or hack - in a good sense of the term) that will generate an active and dynamic feed for a Google keyword search (known in the industry as a persistent search).
As an added bonus, it also works with MSN and AllTheWeb.
The creator of the service says that it's an experiment that may eventually break, or be done away with completely. Let's hope it sticks around long enough for Google to get their RSS act together. Knowing Google, this probably won't be long.
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