What is FeedBeagle.com? FeedBeagle is a web-based news aggregator and classifier. Our servers constantly scan hundreds of Internet news feeds and our categorization engine sorts the stories into categories, or sections, that you define. A stories automatic assignment to a section is based on an analysis of the stories previously assigned to that section.

Why do I need a user name? A user name allows you to be able to create your own sections. Without a user name we wouldn't be able to tell one person's sections from anothers.

What is a section? Think of a traditional newspapaper. It's news stories are sorted into sections like national, world, health, or sports. The publisher decides what the sections are and what stories he is going to assign to each section. FeedBeagle lets you define your own sections and automatically places stories in them based based on some simple training you provide.

How do I set up my sections? After you get your user name and sign on, just click on the my sections link. A default set of sections is already created for you and you can edit or add sections as you please. A maximum of 10 sections can be created for each user name.

How do I train FeadBeagle? Once you have set up your sections they will be listed under each news story (actually you will see the first three letters of each section's name). The section the story is assigned to will be bold. If the story is assigned to the wrong section or is not assigned to any section, just click on the correct section. From then on that story will be used to train FeedBeagle as to the type of story that should be placed in that section. FeedBeagle needs a few stories in each section for categorization to begin working.

What do the Hide and Hide All links do? If you only want to see new stories each time you visit FeedBeagle, you can use these links to mark the stories you have already read. If you decide you want to see the stories you have previously hidden you can check the 'Show items that have been marked as Read?' option under preferences.

What do the percentages shown under each story mean? FeedBeagle calculates the probabiliy that a story belongs in a section based on an analysis of the stories you have manually assigned to the section. By default only stories with a 90% or better probability will be assigned to a section. You can lower this threshold in your preferences. If you see the word 'Train' instead of a percentage, it means that you have manually assigned this story to the section. 'None' means that the story's probability did not exceed the threshold required to be assigned to any section.

Why does FeedBeagle use Cookies? FeedBeagle uses a type of Microsoft user authentication that requires cookies to be enabled. For Internet Explorer 6 this means that your privacy settings cannot be set higher than 'Medium High'. No personal information is stored in the cookie.

What is your Privacy Policy? First, we don't require you to provide any personal information. Second, even if we did we wouldn't share it with anyone. We hate spam and telemarketing just as much as you.