Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the more common questions people have about our service.

What is a Web clipping service?
The Kansas Clips web clipping service uses proprietary technology to monitor the Web sites of Kansas news sources - including newspapers and television stations. This powerful technology then creates a custom news report from those sources based on your keyword subjects and sends it to you each day

What kind of sites do you monitor?
Kansas newspaper sites
Kansas college newspaper sites
Kansas news service sites
Kansas television station sites
Kansas radio station sites
Kansas magazine sites

What Web sites do you monitor?
You may contact us for a current list of the sites.

What is a keyword?
A keyword is a word or phrase that our clipping engine uses to define a search.

Why do people use an online clipping service?
There are a number of reasons why people choose to use an online clipping service. Many PR professionals use clips to evaluate the news to measure the effectiveness of their public and media relations efforts. Many corporations monitor the news to gain information about how their company, products or services are being presented in the media. Many people use clipping services not only to monitor their interests, but for competitive intelligence purposes or to keep track of public trends.

Why should I use Kansas Clips and not a public search engine?
Accuracy and timeliness are the most important reasons not to rely on public search engines. Public search engines (Google, AltaVista, Lycos, etc) are not able to provide updated information on all the news sites to you on a daily basis. In addition, because they crawl millions and millions of Web sites all over the web, they don't index every site every day. Kansas Clips focuses on finding you exactly the news you want, delivered to you daily, freeing you up to focus on other things. We deliver high-quality service at an affordable rate.

How often can I change my search terms?
You can change your search terms as often as you need to and there is no extra charge for doing so.

Why do I need to monitor newspaper Web sites if I am already using a traditional clipping service?
By using our Web clipping service and a traditional clipping service you will get daily feedback and more thorough coverage. Because many news companies do not put all of the same content in both their printed and online editions, using both a web and traditional clipping service will give you more thorough coverage. Also with our service, you can get daily feedback about the progress of your public relations efforts.

Why should I hire Kansas Clips to search the Kansas news sites, when I can do it myself?
You could spend all day looking for news on all of the news sites and still miss something important. We will save you a great deal of time and deliver the results right to your In box.

Can I get articles from papers on the day they are published?
We index the news sites at 6:30 a.m. You will receive links to all of the stories posted on those sites by that time that contain your search terms.

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