- 2. Headline Editions
- 3. News Feeds.
Our FAQ is work in progress, therefore if there are any questions we have missed please use the
Contact us form.
1. News Search Engine
1.1 Why use Newslookup.com and how is it different from other news search
engines?
Newslookup.com is the first news search engine to arrange search results by source of the news organization and categorize
by news media type
(i.e. Newspapers, Television, Radio, Internet, etc). We are the only news search engine that allows
the user to search and display results by document parts, including document body, meta keywords and meta description.
Newslookup.com reviews each news site to ensure only regularly updated traditional news sites with sufficient content
and prominent internet news sites with sufficient unique content are added
to its crawler index. Search results are also not sanitized or weighted to any particular news organization. Advanced settings
typically found within several clicks when using other news search engines are all readily accessible from every search form.
Newslookup.com is the only news search engine that provides a snapshot look "cached copies" of news web sites throughout the world.
1.2 How many news sources does Newslookup.com index?
Our current index covers the most prominent news sources which we review individually for timely news content. The
total count is about 3,015 English language news sites and is growing.
1.3 How long are articles kept in the archive?
Newslookup.com maintains a continuous 30 day archive of indexed sites that is dependent upon the article remaining in existence
on the news providers site. Since the newslookup-bot uses the documents last-modified date during the index process,
older articles may appear if the news site updates an older articles last modified date.
1.4 Does a Newslookup weight search results in favor of any news organization?
No. All news organizations are weighted equally in search results.
1.5 What is the software that powers Newslookup.com?
Newslookup.com is completely driven by open source software. Our website and headline editions are driven by
L.A.M.P
(Linux, Apache, MySQL,
PHP/Python/Perl). The search engine core is Dataparksearch,
an open source search engine written in C programming language which is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
1.6 Can I search for news results in other languages?
We currently index only English language news sites. However we expect to add additional languages soon.
1.7 I cannot find search results for _______ ?
Although we strive to keep our crawler updated, with several thousand crawler entries and news entities changing domain names, hosts,
closing down, etc, it is possible we either did not get the update or perhaps it is a site we never heard of. Please
send us the news site and we will do our best to get it added if it meets our
inclusion requirements.
1.8 Why do I occassionally see some results without the cached copy link?
Newslookup.com crawler adheres to a sites cached copy policy by adhering to the html meta robots no noarchive tag. For example sites such as
"The Sydney Morning Herald" use this HTML meta tag in their pages to prevent their content from being cached in such a manner by search engines.
2. Headlines
2.1 Overview
Each region edition provides a sampling of lead headlines from top news providers by source region or topic. All headlines
are automatically generated based on news website updates and there is no human intervention in placement of headlines.
Headlines are created by extracting the titles, links and description from the target sites most relevant home or
international news section page. Earlier headlines remain as new headlines are updated and are sorted by time to provide a full
history of reporting for a news event.
Subsequently a unique RSS and HTML feed is provided for each news site listed in the region and topical editions. A compilation feed
is also compiled from these headlines referred to a Newslookup.com news or wire feeds.
2.2 How often are headlines updated?
This is typically every 5 to 10 minutes. Longer for publishers of sites that provided us their update frequency or where we have
determined the time of day updates are applied.
2.3 Who decides which headlines are posted?
All headlines are automatically generated based on news website updates and therefore there is no human intervention in placement of headlines or search
results.
2.4 Why do I see similar headlines for the same news event?
The intention of the headline editions is to allow viewing lead headline history from lead news organizations to allow to reader to see how a news event was reported throughout the day. Many times you will see how
the facts change in each headline as the story unfolds throughout the day.
2.5 How far back can I search and view lead headline history?
Typically 30 days however this depends on whether the article is still available on the target news site.
2.6 Are cached copies also available for the headline edition links?
We have a process in place to view cached versions of these webpages at a 5 to 10 minute interval and history.
However this is not currently available publically due to costs associated with providing this as a free service. If interested you can contact
us for costs of paid subscription that includes this option. In the mean time you can use the newslookup.com search engine form to view cached copies.
3. News Feeds
3.1 Overview
With the lack of a news service that aggregates news headlines from top news sites by source region and media type, in
2004 Newslookup.com began presenting news headlines from the top news sites in this fashion referred to as region and
topical editions. At the same time we began providing XML/RSS and html feeds for many of the top news sites around the
globe that were initially lacking this service. Today Newslookup.com continues to provide news feeds for many news
organizations including those that are lacking this service.
NewsLookup.com News Wires are a compilation of many of these feeds categorized by subject or region. These news
feeds can be used with any popular news reader and are free to use for webmasters subject to our
terms of service.
3.2 Where are the RSS news feeds located?
A directory of our unique RSS feeds are located at http://www.newslookup.com/Feeds/
You can also look for the RSS feed icon 
on each page.
3.3 How often are feeds updated?
This is typically every 5 to 10 minutes. The feeds are updated at the same time the headlines are updated in the region and topical editions.
Longer for publishers of sites that provided us their update frequency or where we have determined the time of day updates are applied.
3.4 Are feeds available for search results?
Yes, all search results provide an rss feed icon.
3.5 What happened to the free html and text feeds?
They have been temporarily removed due to costs associated with providing this as a free service. Please contact us for paid
subscription information.
