General Question About a News Site

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cearl

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So I'm looking to make a website that (without going into much detail) organizes news stories about a particular topic into different categories. Is there any way to do this automatically (make a script that searches for keywords and put those links in the given sections) or will I have to do it all manually, since I'm at a pretty amateur level? I know some HTML and Java, and am currently learning Ruby on Rails.

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chrishirst

chrishirst

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So I'm looking to make a website that (without going into much detail) organizes news stories about a particular topic into different categories.
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It's called "scraping" and/or "auto-blogging", so I wouldn't worry about going into details as it is not a "ground breaking" idea.

HTML and Java,
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Java or javascript?
 
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cearl

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chrishirst said:
It's called "scraping" and/or "auto-blogging", so I wouldn't worry about going into details as it is not a "ground breaking" idea.

Java or javascript?
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javascript.


Thanks, I'm really new to this and it was pretty hard to word a search correctly to get what I wanted.
 
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chrishirst

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cearl said:
For example, there's the list of relevant stories on the right side of the page on this webpage

https://www.google.com/finance?q=goog&ei=6uAnUqAfopyXA5E2
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They are from Adwords advertising campaigns.


cearl said:
Can I do that with scraping or autoblogging? Like not gather specific data; but rather find relevant articles and post links to them along with a picture in a list.
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Yep! You can create content pages and use Adsense to show relevant advertising, or You can republish RSS feeds.

Also it has been given a nice new 'Buzz' phrase name of "content curation"
 
ronaldroe

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chrishirst said:
Also it has been given a nice new 'Buzz' phrase name of "content curation"
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Ooooh. That sounds artsy. ;)

Seriously, though. Are you just trying to do what Google News does? If so, I think you'll find a really steep barrier to entry on that market. News aggregators aren't exactly a new thing.
 
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cearl

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ronaldroe said:
Ooooh. That sounds artsy. ;)

Seriously, though. Are you just trying to do what Google News does? If so, I think you'll find a really steep barrier to entry on that market. News aggregators aren't exactly a new thing.
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Well my idea is to organize stock news into specific categories, like if a certain event is effecting supply, then it comes up in the supply section. Demand, demand section, political implications etc. Not really a lucrative idea but I just want to make something simple.
 
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