Monitor This. The
Monitor This tool provides an easy way to track key search terms across
multiple search engines with a news reader. It's necessary to use a
news aggregator/reader that will import opml files (not all do,
especially the simpler, more popular readers such as RSS
Mad).[note: ok in Bloglines -- BL]
"With MonitorThis you can
subscribe to 22 different search engine feeds at the same time. Enter a
search term and click the 'make monitor.opml' button to get a list of
rss feeds in OPML format.... Select all, copy and paste it into a new file ( monitor.opml) and import it to your feed reader." The Monitor This script was created by Alp Uckans and is freely available, "Copyleft, no rights reserved."
The Monitor This script includes all the major search engines such
as Google, Yahoo, and Technorati--of course searching 22 engines at
once from within a news reader is imcomparably easier than making 22
different searches by visiting each search engine's web address. I use
a similar service called GoogleAlert
to track information related to "learning objects," "instructional
repositories," and "higher education instructional resources" for this
EduResources Weblog but Monitor This provides a cross-checking screen
to try to better ensure that valuable resources aren't missed. ______JH [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]
8:36:17 PM 
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