RSS Feed Alerts with ZapTXT
Several months ago I thought of writing a service that would send e-mail or SMS alerts when certain keywords would appear in new posts from RSS feeds. For example, if I was looking for a great deal on a Dell 24″ display I would want to monitor my local CraigsList RSS feed for the keyword “2405FPW” and I would get email alerts when any new posts show up in the “for sale : computer” area on CL. I was surprised nobody had really tackled this yet, especially that someone like Technorati or Feedburner hadn’t built such a function yet since they are plugged into just about every feed imaginable. Well, we have one now, ZapTXT. I’ve been using it for the past week and it’s pretty friendly and alerts me quickly once new posts arrive.
