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Recomend an RSS Service that can add tons of feeds, filter out most items?

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mouser:
I'm looking for a very specific kind of RSS reader and i'm hoping i can get some recommendations.
I do not want an RSS reader to do daily reading of lots of feeds and sites.

I'm more interested in being able to quickly add tons of feeds (I'd be really happy if there was an easy way to add hundreds of feeds that other people have collected), and then have them monitored for keywords of my choosing, and then only show me items that match one of those feeds.

For example, i'd love to be able to monitor every programming-related rss feed i can find for references to specific tools i care about, etc. (or monitor for rss feeds mentioning donationcoder, etc.)

I don't really care if its a website service or local windows application.  Any suggestions?

Grorgy:
Now that is a great suggestion, it would make RSS actually usable.

icekin:
Put the hundreds of RSS feed that you want to import into a OPML/XML File. Most readers can import these. In addition, the following feed readers can track specific keywords :

- Greatnews (http://www.curiostudio.com) (keyword feature is called 'newswatch') - Free, uses IE engine, can use Mozilla engine too. Has a time lag after adding a feed. Screen freezes for a few seconds while the added feed loads, but then its okay.

- Blogbridge (http://www.blogbridge.com/) - Open Source, Great on features, offers synchronization with an online account and expert guides, but uses 30 MB of RAM

Another option is to use any ordinary RSS reader (standalone or online), but use an intermediate service like Feedshake(http://feedshake.com), Feedrinse(http://www.feedrinse.com), AideRSS (http://www.aiderss.com) or BlastFeed (http://www.blastfeed.com) to filter the news feed before it is even sent to your reader. These services can also combine many feeds into one if you wish.

Oh, and I think Website Watcher can also be set up to watch specific words, but it costs money.

mouser:
Oh, and I think Website Watcher can also be set up to watch specific words, but it costs money.
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Well i already own website watcher and love it, and use it for my daily reading, but i don't really think it's best suited for this.

The intermediate RSS services you listed seem like they might be just what i want, i'll go have a look.

sri:
I recommend Feed Reader. Smart Feeds are what you would add in them for your purpose.

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