Google’s News Experiments & The Quest To Solve The “Read State” Issue
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:00am ET by Danny Sullivan
Hey news publishers. Stop acting as if your content only appears printed on dead trees and tap into the dynamics that the web offers. That's a blunt summary of advice from Josh Cohen of Google News, from a wide-ranging interview with him on Google's experiments with new ways of delivering news.
Cohen, business product manager of Google News, says Google has no ultimate solution for the future of news online. It does have a vision of a super personalized news product that tracks someone's "read state" and keeps them constantly informed with updates. But to turn that vision into reality [...]
Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: News, Top News
Google News For iPhone Gets Redesign
Nov 19, 2009 at 4:23pm ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Mobile Blog announced that Google News on the iPhone, Android and other smart phone devices has a new design. The new design looks more like the desktop version of Google News with minor changes to make it fit better on the smartphone screens.
The new design has more stories and images, has personalization features, search and a neat "jump" to section feature. Here are screen captures:
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Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: News
Google Fast Flip About To Jump Into Google News?
Nov 16, 2009 at 7:42am ET by Greg Sterling
Many publishers have complained repeatedly that Google and Google News (not the leading online news site) reduces their content to "commodity" status or otherwise adversely impacts their brands. Google's Fast Flip is a response to this in part.
It offers a more "branded" and visual way to consume news and magazine content from major publishers. We wrote about Fast Flip originally when it launched in Google Labs. Now Steve Rubel has found a page that looks like Google is getting ready to integrate Fast Flip into News:
It appears from the screen above that Fast Flip might replace some [...]
Filed in: Google: AdSense, Google: News, Top News
Josh Cohen Of Google News On Paywalls, Partnerships & Working With Publishers
Nov 15, 2009 at 9:00am ET by Danny Sullivan
Want to do a paywall with no "first click free?" That's fine with Google, says business product manager Josh Cohen. Want to do micropayments? Google will be "flexible" in considering support of new business models like this. But if you charge, expect less traffic, and also expect that your competitors will be "ecstatic" to pick up your loss, he said. Cohen's comments on paywall issues were part of a wide-ranging interview I had with him about Google and its news service.
In the interview, Cohen also repeatedly stressed that publishers are free to deal with Google as they like. And if [...]
Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: News, Top News
Revised Google Book Settlement Filed & Live Blogging The Press Call
Nov 14, 2009 at 12:13am ET by Danny Sullivan
As expected, a revised Google Book Settlement has been filed today -- about as late as possible. The agreement narrows the scope to the US, UK, Canada and Australia. It alters how revenue generated by "unclaimed works" will be handled. It formally grants retailers who license out-of-print books covered by the settlement -- including Google competitors -- a 37% share of sales. It also clarifies how the book pricing algorithm will work.
Google has a blog post about up about the news, which in turn points to:
The revised settlement agreement
Summary of changes
FAQ page
I haven't had [...]
Filed in: Google: News, Top News
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