IntegrationsTelegramGoogle News

Google News alerts in Telegram

The Google News bots for Telegram turn a query into a feed and forward every item. That suits a public news channel; it does not suit a founder who wants to know when the market moved. FishOut sends the stories that matter to you through your own bot, with sentiment and a link into FishOut.

Google News is read every hour on all plans. Telegram alerts are on every plan.

[01] WHAT ARRIVES/ TELEGRAM MESSAGE

A Google News post, in Telegram

A market story about your category rather than your brand: topic, neutral, relevant enough to read on the train.
Acme founders · group

@AcmeFishOutBotnow

Relevant mention on Google News

Shared-inbox startups court small teams as helpdesk prices climb

Relevance 74 · Topic · Neutral

Labels: Discussion

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[02] WHAT GETS FILTERED/ NOISE

What never reaches Telegram

2 Google News matches that go to Filtered instead, each with its reason.
Filtered · Google News
18
Local newsGoogle News

Acme Hardware closes its Main Street store

Filtered · Different meaning

A shop with your name in it.

18
Content farmGoogle News

What is a shared inbox? Everything you need to know

Filtered · Off-brief

Evergreen filler matches category terms and says nothing new.

[03] KEYWORDS THAT WORK HERE/ GOOGLE NEWS

For Google News, into Telegram

More keyword shapes are on monitoring Google News.

Category phrases, not just brand names

On a phone, market moves matter more than routine brand coverage — “shared inbox” plus “acquisition” finds them.

Competitor names in quotes

Quotes keep namesakes down, which matters more on a channel that buzzes.

A floor of 80

News does not need a reply within the hour, so the bar for a phone notification is about importance, not urgency.
Settings · Notifications

Telegram

Google News → a chat or group

Healthy

Relevance floor80

Eventsmention.scored
Batch bursts5 min
[04] SET IT UP/ 4 STEPS

Four steps, about five minutes

Google News into Telegram, start to finish.
  1. 1

    Create a bot with BotFather

    Walkthrough on the Telegram guide.

  2. 2

    Paste it under Settings → Notifications → Telegram

    Then send a test.

  3. 3

    Add Google News keywords under Keywords

    Start with: Category phrases, not just brand names.

  4. 4

    Floor 80, mention.scored

    Batching stays on.

A Telegram channel, not only a chat

Add the bot to a Telegram channel as an admin with permission to post, and use the channel’s @username or numeric id as chat_id. Good for a team news feed people can follow and mute individually.

destination

https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage?chat_id=@acme_press_watch
[05] A BUSY DAY/ DIGEST

When Google News gets loud

News about your market can arrive in a cluster when a competitor makes a move. One digest with the spike named is a better phone notification than nine.
Acme founders · group · 5-min digest

@AcmeFishOutBot+5m

3 new mentions for AcmeMail

  • Support software start-ups raise record funding · Google News · 83
  • Why small firms are leaving full helpdesks · Google News · 78
  • Email remains the top support channel, survey finds · Google News · 72

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[06] THE RECIPE YOU WOULD OTHERWISE BUILD/ DIY

RSS.app Google News to Telegram bot

RSS.app turns a Google News topic or query into a feed, and its bot posts new items to a Telegram channel or group, refreshed every 15 minutes, with include and exclude keywords.
  • Keyword filters, but no reading for relevance or sentiment
  • Faster refresh and advanced filters on paid RSS.app plans
  • A feed per query
RSS.app Google News to Telegram bot compared with FishOut
 The recipeFishOut
What reaches TelegramEvery matchCoverage read at 80 or above
A busy hourA message per matchOne now, one digest
Telegram deliverySee its source$0 on Free

Source

[07] OPEN IN FISHOUT/ THE INBOX

From Telegram to a drafted reply

“Shared-inbox startups court small teams as helpdesk prices climb”, open in the inbox. You send the reply; FishOut never posts.
Google News
74

Shared-inbox startups court small teams as helpdesk prices climb

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