Google News Blog: 2010

Credit where credit is due

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Posted by Eric Weigle, Software Engineer, and Abe Epton, Publisher Technical Specialistsyndication-sourceoriginal-source

syndication-source indicates the preferred URL for a syndicated article. If two versions of an article are exactly the same, or only very slightly modified, we're asking publishers to use syndication-source to point us to the one they would like Google News to use. For example, if Publisher X syndicates stories to Publisher Y, both should put the following metatag on those articles:
<meta name="syndication-source" content="http://www.publisherX.com/wire_story_1.html">

original-source indicates the URL of the first article to report on a story. We encourage publishers to use this metatag to give credit to the source that broke the story. We recognize that this can sometimes be tough to determine. But the intent of this tag is to reward hard work and journalistic enterprise. For example, to credit the publication that broke a story you could use a metatag like this:
<meta name="original-source" content="http://www.example.com/burglary_at_watergate.html">

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Enhancements to Google News for smartphones

Monday, November 8, 2010

Posted by Arun Prasath, Tech Lead, Google Mobile NewsLast NovemberGoogle NewsgloballyCollapsed:

Expanded:http://news.google.com

$5 million to encourage innovation in digital journalism

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Posted by Nikesh Arora, President, Global Sales Operations and Business Developmentnew waysYouTube DirectJohn S. and James L. Knight FoundationKnight News ChallengeDocumentCloudCross-posted from the Official Google Blog

Shining a Spotlight on Video News

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Posted by Natasha Mohanty, Google News Software EngineerNOVA: The Secret Life of Scientists: Jean Berko GleasonSinger-producer Bruno Mars Continues to Riseget startedsubmitNews Publishers' Help Centerheretell us what you think

Google News turns eight

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Posted by Krishna Bharat, founder and engineering head, and Chris Beckmann, product manager, Google News

(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog)

videolocal newscustom sectionsscanned newspaper archivesredesigned homepage

2003: Iraq War begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces

2004: George W. Bush defeats Senator John Kerry in U.S. Presidential election

2005: Hurricane Katrina strikes U.S. Gulf Coast

2006: Democrats take Congress and Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House

2007: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated

2008: Barack Obama elected 44th president of the United States

2009: Death of Michael Jackson

2010 (to date): 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti

Extending the Associated Press as Hosted News partner

Monday, August 30, 2010

Posted by Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product Managerthis postthis one

Google News changes reflect your feedback

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Posted by Chris Beckmann, Product Managernew look and feelredesignletting us know

Extra! Extra! Google News redesigned to be more customizable and shareable

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Posted by by Kevin Stolt, Software EngineerGoogle Newsseveral changesBEFORE:

AFTER:
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The Magic of a Game 7

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Posted by David Smydra, Google News Online TeamGoogle News Archive Searchfeeling a bit cockyeight consecutive championshipsin the worst waywanted to make historythe Boston Celticsbe sure to check Google News

Krishna Bharat discusses the past and future of Google News

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Posted by Chris Gaither, Senior Manager, News Industry Relations

Making your video news more discoverable: best practices for news publishers

Monday, May 24, 2010

Posted by Benoit Lafortune, Sr. Strategist Google News, and Olivia Ma, YouTube News Managerstreets of Tehranissuesinvestigative reportingget your video content indexed1. Timely uploads2. One story per video3. Categorization4. More detailed descriptions5. Rich tags6. Make it Embeddableget startedNews Publishers Help Centerthis video

Bringing Living Stories to WordPress

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Posted by Eric Zhang, Software Engineerplugin and themeLiving Storiesopen-sourceversion of the codedocumentation pagehelp forum

Two more weeks to update your Google News Sitemap

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Posted by Andy Golding, Google News Software Engineerannouncedthese instructionsthis section of our Help CenterHelp Forumtwo more weeks

Eric Schmidt discusses innovation with news editors

Monday, April 12, 2010

Posted by Chris Gaither, Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public Affairseventspokeblog#asne10

Open-sourcing the Living Stories format

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Posted by Neha Singh, Software Engineer, and Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product ManagerNew York TimesWashington PostLiving StoriesTimesglobal warmingAfghanistan warN.F.L. playoffsexecutive compensationPosthealth care reformRedskins' seasonoverhaul of the D.C. school systemlaunchedopen-sourcing the codeopen-source documentationGoogle News Help ForumTimesPost

Starring stories in Google News

Monday, February 1, 2010

Posted by Jude Britto, Software Engineer, Google Newslaunched

your feedback

Google News Comes Back For More

Monday, January 25, 2010

Posted by Andy Golding and Kiran Gunda, Software EngineersDewey Defeats Truman

Fast Flip now available on Google News homepage

Friday, January 8, 2010

Posted by Jack Hebert, Matthew Watson and Corrie Scalisi, Software EngineersFast FliplaunchedaddedGoogle Newsthoughts

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