Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. computing Any of various pieces of software designed to harvest articles from newsgroups, or from news websites
Etymologies
- news + bot (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For example, I did a search on "newsbot" and clicked on three articles, only to find that none of the articles were recorded in my history or used for personalization.”
“Gypsii just launched a "newsbot" that harvests news from the Internet and then delivers stories to smartphones based on where they happen to be, according to Schuyler.”
“The nyt newsbot I set up reflects the contents of all the Times feeds.”
“All it would take is one TV newsbot mispronouncing his name just once, and the floodgates would open.”
“Stationed on the corner was a chrome-plated newsbot, hawking the Daily Skan.”
“Of course, the fault wasn't Google's - but a number of very embarrassed people at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Bloomberg are trying to push the blame at Google's newsbot.”
“- Google's newsbot happened to be on the site, found the story, and published it in its index”
“If you’re following a newsbot, you’re going to get news spam.”
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