This article is relevant only for our News API
The "site_category" filter in Webz.io’s News API allows users to limit results to posts from websites within specific categories. This feature enables users to refine their search to align with particular interests, industries, or geographic regions, as well as to focus on top news sources in various countries. Here’s how this filter can be valuable across different use cases:
- Targeted Industry News Monitoring: By selecting categories like financial_news, health, or technology, businesses can monitor news specific to their industry. This helps them stay updated on relevant developments, trends, and competitor activities without sifting through unrelated content.
- Localized News for Regional Insights: Users can filter for top news sources from specific countries, such as top_news_us for the United States or top_news_fr for France. This is useful for organizations looking to track news in certain regions, gaining insights into local events, regulatory changes, or market conditions.
- Reputation Management Across Niche Categories: Brands in specialized fields, like auto_parts, fashion, or real_estate, can monitor news from category-specific websites where they are most likely to be mentioned. This ensures their brand tracking efforts are more relevant and focused on sites with aligned audiences.
- Content Curation for Specific Audiences: Content aggregators or news platforms can use the filter to curate feeds tailored to audience interests. For instance, an aggregator focused on sports could limit results to categories like baseball, golf, and pro_basketball, delivering highly relevant content.
- Research and Academic Studies in Specialized Areas: Academic researchers studying specific themes, such as environment, politics, or religion, can filter for articles within those domains. This is useful for collecting data that is thematically focused and relevant to their studies.
- Localized Crisis and Event Monitoring: During crises or major events, organizations can use the top_news categories for specific countries to monitor real-time updates from trusted news sources in those regions, supporting timely, informed decision-making.
- Brand Alignment with Lifestyle and Cultural Trends: Brands interested in aligning with lifestyle trends can track categories like travel, style_and_fashion, or entertainment. This provides insights into consumer preferences, cultural trends, and emerging interests, helping brands refine their marketing strategies.
By using the site_category filter, users can narrow their content sources to precisely match their industry, region, or interests, ensuring that the data collected is directly relevant to their objectives. This filter is especially beneficial for organizations that require specific, high-quality content for business intelligence, competitive analysis, and targeted content curation.
Example query: site_category:top_news_de
Return posts from the most popular news sites in Germany.