Build Your Own Google News Home Page With Custom Sections

Nov 4, 2009 at 4:41pm ET by Matt McGee

Google News has made it easier to customize its home page with the creation of a Custom Sections Directory that includes material created both by Google and by Google News users. The directory includes sections such as "Mobile Technology," "Google," "Social Networking," "Apple Inc." and "NFL." You can browse the directory by category (Business, Science, Sports, etc.) or search for custom sections by keyword. The directory also offers tools to create new custom sections based on zip code or keyword and add them to the public directory. When done, the sections you've added will appear [...]

Filed in: Google: News, Top News

Dissecting The AP & Murdoch Speeches Against Those Internet News Thieves

Oct 9, 2009 at 3:08pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Associated Press president Tom Curley and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch both made speeches yesterday in China that are being widely reported as an attack on Google. Having read through the actual speeches, I was surprised they weren't as bad as I thought they'd be. Below, I've highlighted key portions along with my own commentary. And hey Facebook, looks like AP doesn't like you, either. Let's start with Curley's speech: President Li, I salute you for your leadership and vision in organizing this summit. The timing could not be better. The Associated Press and I are honored to join wi [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: News, Top News

Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism

Oct 3, 2009 at 8:00am ET by Danny Sullivan

Is Google a newspaper killer? Not by a long shot, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Nor does he want it to be. In a long interview about his company's relationship with newspapers and the print journalism industry, Schmidt made it clear he wants established players to survive. In fact, he thinks Google has a "moral responsibility" to help. But help doesn't mean a handout. I spoke with Schmidt on the topic about two weeks ago in his office at Google. In summary, he felt that Google takes most of the blame for the internet as a whole, in how it has changed news reading habits that have impa [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Features: General, Google: Critics, Google: General, Google: News, Top News

Google News Labels Some Sources As “Blogs”

Sep 18, 2009 at 8:30am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google News blog announced that they have begun labeling some sites, sites they consider to be a "blog" as blogs in the Google News search results. For example, here is a snap shot of how Google labels this site in Google News. How does Google determine which site is a blog versus a newspaper? Google really doesn't say. It is useful when trying to see which NY Times article is from the main paper and which is from their blog. But would this insult some writers? Is this a move to play nice with the newspapers? [...]

Filed in: Google: News

Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live

Sep 14, 2009 at 7:00pm ET by Greg Sterling

The previously rumored Google news site "Flipper" is in fact launching today as "Fast Flip" in Google Labs. But maybe it should be called Google Skimmer because it permits people to move very quickly through lots of visually rich news pages from dozens of partner publications. According to the Google Blog Post: Fast Flip is a new reading experience that combines the best elements of print and online articles. Like a print magazine, Fast Flip lets you browse sequentially through bundles of recent news, headlines and popular topics, as well as feeds from individual top publishers. As the name s [...]

Filed in: Google: Checkout, Google: DoubleClick, Google: News, Google: Partnerships, Top News

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