FaveBot: A Search Valet

I have only just started using Google Alerts. I figured if I'm hunting down technology stories everyday to keep up on what's happening on the web, I might as well have a search valet do it for me.

Another thing I'm really interested in is concerts and shows. With FaveBot's location filtering, I can have a keyword for performers I want to see and once they have shows in LA or Orange County I'll be alerted. Cool, huh?

clipped from www.webware.com FaveBot is a service that keeps an eye on whatever keywords you give it to pull up related items from the Web. If you're familiar with Google Alerts, the idea is similar. In Favebot's case, you can take any keyword or set of keywords and apply it to the types of content you're looking to keep an eye on, be it photos, videos, blog posts, or podcasts. There are nine categories in all, and the system is designed to serve it up like a river of news with the most recent items appearing on the top. What's neat about FaveBot is that it uses location as part of the filtering. For example, if you live in Texas and earmark a word like Web 2.0 and opt into the events category, you'll get the heads up on when the service finds local happenings that match up with that category (e.g. SXSW). By adding more types of items on your tracking list, you can increase your chances of seeing them in the main news stream.