Get a Slack Alert Whenever Your Keyword Trends on Google News

This watches Google News for the terms you care about and pushes a clean Slack alert the moment a match appears — so you join the conversation while it's still hot.

difficulty Beginnersetup 25 minresult A Slack message with the title, link and snippet arrives every time your keyword shows up on Google News, with no duplicates.
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    Step 1 — Poll the source

    Add a Google News search node (or scheduled HTTP Request) that runs every 15–60 minutes and returns the newest items for your keyword.

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    Step 2 — Filter to real matches

    Add an If node so only items whose title or body contains your keyword continue. Keep a list of seen IDs (in a Set or a data store) to avoid re-alerting on the same post.

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    Step 3 — Announce in Slack

    Add a Slack node. Set Resource to Message and Operation to Send. Choose the channel (e.g. #alerts) and drop the title, a snippet and the link into the message text using expressions like {{ $json.summary }}. Connect your Slack OAuth or bot-token credential.

Frequently asked questions

How do I avoid duplicate alerts?

Track the last-seen item ID. n8n's `Remove Duplicates` node or a tiny Google Sheet of seen IDs both work; compare before Step 3.

Can I watch several keywords?

Yes — run multiple searches in Step 1 or use an OR query, then let the same filter and Slack step handle them all.

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