Here’s a News Search tool with some added visualization from TrackThisNow.

STEP 1
Enter a keyword and select the country or country group that you want to track.

Let’s try “AltSearchEngines” in all 250 countries that they search. (Yes, it’s Google)

STEP 2
Watch the map change – see image below.  We were mentioned in 2 countries.

STEP 3
Click on the placemarks on the map to read news from that country. Like so:

Guiana, French
Deep Web Technologies Paves the Way for China to Join the …
… ken,” concluded Hope Leman, Library Technical Specialist with Samaritan Health Services, in her review of WorldWideScience.org on AltSearchEngines.com...

China
Deep Web Technologies Paves the Way for China to Join the …
… ken,” concluded Hope Leman, Library Technical Specialist with Samaritan Health Services, in her review of WorldWideScience.org on AltSearchEngines.com...

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