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Show HN: Newsfeedy - Real News from Trending Topics on the Web

7 points by tg3 15y ago

I'd love any comments, suggestions or critiques on Newsfeedy (www.newsfeedy.com). It gathers trending topics from Twitter and Google and fetches news stories about them, and displays supplementary info from Twitter and Reddit. I originally created it for myself as a way to quickly catch up on breaking news, and a friend suggested it might be useful for others too. I know it's not groundbreaking, it's just a simple tool that saves 3 seconds of your life. And yes, I know that it's not very shiny. Thanks!

tg3 15y ago
clickable link: http://www.newsfeedy.com http://www.newsfeedy.com
creativeone 15y ago
i think the "powered by" is a repetitive statement. make it: powered by google, reddit, twitter. Looks like a cool little tool. add an api like flickr to show pictures and you'll get more users. Fck Miami is showing as trending on Twitter, but the Google News tab is by default viewable, yet lacking any content. the tabs should automatically show the feed from the "trending" source. live updates would be nice without having to refresh the page. or at least how facebook does it, where they show a counter of most recent updates, and you can click to update the page. It might not be a million dollar business, but if you optimize your layout and place some ads, you could be earning $xxx per month.
achompas 15y ago
Very interesting--a cool use of Google and Twitter APIs to pull stories. How are topics sorted? Different tabs for Google, Twitter, and Reddit trends might be a good idea. I can't speak to monetizing this, as I've never used ads before. I wonder how much a website like this could generate...anyone?
tg3 15y ago
They're sorted right now based on a simple combination of the Twitter and Google trends (1st on Twitter is 1st overall, 1st on Google is 2nd overall, etc). I'll look into tabs for different sources, I've just rolled out a new version that incorporates a bunch of creativeone's suggestions. Do you think I should sort based on recency instead of using google and twitter's rankings? As in, when something sneaks into Twitter's top 10 it sits at the top of my list? Thanks for the feedback.

7 points by tg3 15y ago

tg3 15y ago

clickable link: http://www.newsfeedy.com http://www.newsfeedy.com

creativeone 15y ago

i think the "powered by" is a repetitive statement. make it: powered by google, reddit, twitter. Looks like a cool little tool. add an api like flickr to show pictures and you'll get more users. Fck Miami is showing as trending on Twitter, but the Google News tab is by default viewable, yet lacking any content. the tabs should automatically show the feed from the "trending" source. live updates would be nice without having to refresh the page. or at least how facebook does it, where they show a counter of most recent updates, and you can click to update the page. It might not be a million dollar business, but if you optimize your layout and place some ads, you could be earning $xxx per month.

achompas 15y ago

Very interesting--a cool use of Google and Twitter APIs to pull stories. How are topics sorted? Different tabs for Google, Twitter, and Reddit trends might be a good idea. I can't speak to monetizing this, as I've never used ads before. I wonder how much a website like this could generate...anyone?

tg3 15y ago

They're sorted right now based on a simple combination of the Twitter and Google trends (1st on Twitter is 1st overall, 1st on Google is 2nd overall, etc). I'll look into tabs for different sources, I've just rolled out a new version that incorporates a bunch of creativeone's suggestions. Do you think I should sort based on recency instead of using google and twitter's rankings? As in, when something sneaks into Twitter's top 10 it sits at the top of my list? Thanks for the feedback.