monitoring-tech-acquisition-news-google

Monitors tech acquisition news and M&A activity using apidojo's Google Search scraper. Triggers when the user asks to: track tech acquisition news, monitor M&A activity in a sector on Google, find recent tech company acquisitions, track acquisition announcements in a technology category, monitor who is being acquired in a startup ecosystem, find companies that were recently acquired or merged, or research M&A trends in an industry. Returns acquisition announcements, acquirer and target company, deal size signals, and strategic rationale. Ideal for M&A analysts, startup founders, investors, and competitive intelligence teams.

Executes monitoring tech acquisition news google using apidojo scrapers. Part of the apidojo intelligence skills library.

Prerequisites

• APIFY_TOKEN environment variable set
• Optional: Apify MCP server installed

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
startUrls	array	Optional	[]	Google search URLs
searchTerms	array	Optional	[]	Keywords to search on Google
countryCode	string	Optional	US	Country for Google search (e.g. US, GB, TR)
languageCode	string	Optional	—	Language for results (e.g. en)
maxItems	number	Optional	Unlimited	Maximum results to return across all queries
maxPagesPerQuery	integer	Optional	1	Maximum result pages per query
mobileResults	boolean	Optional	false	Fetch mobile SERP layout
customMapFunction	string	Optional	—	JavaScript function to transform each output object

Workflow

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Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Define parameters
- [ ] Step 2: Run google-search-scraper
- [ ] Step 3: Filter and classify results
- [ ] Step 4: Score by quality and relevance
- [ ] Step 5: Deliver output

Step 2: Run the Actor

Recommended — run_actor.js (handles waiting, output, and file saving automatically):

bash

# Quick answer (prints table to chat)
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}' \
  --output YYYY-MM-DD_results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}' \
  --output YYYY-MM-DD_results.json --format json

APIFY_TOKEN must be set in environment or .env file.

If Apify MCP is available:

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Tool: apify:run-actor
Actor: "apidojo~google-search-scraper"
Input:
{
  "searchTerms": ["[SECTOR] acquisition 2026", "[SECTOR] acquired", "[COMPANY] acquires"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

REST API fallback:

bash

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~google-search-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["[SECTOR] acquisition 2026", "[SECTOR] acquired", "[COMPANY] acquires"], "maxItems": 100}'

Wait for SUCCEEDED. Fetch dataset:

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curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID/dataset/items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN"

Step 3: Classify Results

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classification: CONFIRMED (official announcement) | REPORTED (press rumor) | RUMORED (speculation) | DENIED

Step 4: Score Each Result

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score = deal_significance = (named_price ? deal_value/1000000 : 0.5) * 0.50 + (acquirer_is_public ? 1 : 0.5) * 0.30 + (coverage_from_tier1_pub ? 1 : 0.5) * 0.20

Step 5: Edge Cases

• M&A news often breaks before official press releases; use Google News search type to catch breaking reports, and flag STATUS = UNCONFIRMED until official press release found

Additional fallbacks:

• < 20 results: Broaden search terms; remove secondary filters
• No results: Verify the search terms are correct; try alternate phrasings
• Data quality issues: Remove entries with missing key fields; note count in output

Output Format

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# Monitoring Tech Acquisition News Google
Results: [N] | Date: [DATE]

| # | [Key Field] | [Metric 1] | [Metric 2] | [Classification] | [Score] |
|---|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|---------|
| 1 | [value] | [value] | [value] | [type] | [0.XX] |

## Summary
Top result: [description]
Key finding: [insight]

Troubleshooting

Too few results: Broaden the primary search term; remove restrictive filters. Low quality results: Apply minimum score threshold (≥ 0.50) to filter noise. Actor fails to run: Verify API key; check actor status at apify.com/apidojo.