newsBriefsOman headlines revived with WebPartner
With the help of a technological solution from WebPartner, I have been able to revive my original news headline service from Oman, which I began compiling in 2001.
When I set up newsBriefsOman all those years ago, the task was very laborious. Every title and every link had to be pasted by hand, even after the revision of the website in 2005.
Because if there's one thing that I'm wary about, it's automated news scraping. Not all relevant stories are discovered, and irrelevant stories get included. This means that I vet all links personally.
But I've been very pleased about WebPartner, which has taken away a lot of the tedium. AND, I can annotate the stories as I go. So you get a mini-blog with most of the stories.
I've also been able to put watch points on the Headlines, Local headlines, Business headlines and Feature pages of the Oman Observer, making it easier to track the Observer on a daily basis. The links are only good for the day of publication though.
WebPartner can feed Twitter accounts. Thus you will find a Twitter feed on the Headlines page of this website.
For the complete listing, visit my newsBriefsOman WebPartner page.
When I set up newsBriefsOman all those years ago, the task was very laborious. Every title and every link had to be pasted by hand, even after the revision of the website in 2005.
Because if there's one thing that I'm wary about, it's automated news scraping. Not all relevant stories are discovered, and irrelevant stories get included. This means that I vet all links personally.
But I've been very pleased about WebPartner, which has taken away a lot of the tedium. AND, I can annotate the stories as I go. So you get a mini-blog with most of the stories.
I've also been able to put watch points on the Headlines, Local headlines, Business headlines and Feature pages of the Oman Observer, making it easier to track the Observer on a daily basis. The links are only good for the day of publication though.
WebPartner can feed Twitter accounts. Thus you will find a Twitter feed on the Headlines page of this website.
For the complete listing, visit my newsBriefsOman WebPartner page.
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