Google News
Google News is an online news aggregator service that shares articles from thousands of publishers. Searchers can access the app via Android and IOS devices as well.
The company launched a beta version of News in 2002, with the official app rolling out later in 2006.
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Is more transparency from Google a good thing?; Wednesday’s daily brief
Also UGC spam, shopping policies, phone calls and more.
Google publishes Google News transparency policy for publishers
Google said it determines what constitutes meaningful transparency from news sources by what types of information an ordinary person might find helpful.
Will YouTube’s new ToS increase ad inventory and lower prices?; Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, rainbow-colored map pins, Google News Showcase on desktop and more.
Google News Showcase now available on desktop, adds enhanced panels on mobile
If your publishing site is lagging on desktop, make sure to give it some attention as this update could drive more desktop traffic,
SEOs, stop wasting time and focus on what really matters; Friday’s daily brief
Also, Google released its webspam report for 2020 and the new Google Ads API
Google postpones page experience update rollout
The page experience update will now gradually rollout in mid-June and won't be fully live until the end of August.
Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s head of search appoints new leads
Elizabeth Reid to lead core search experiences, Cathy Edwards to lead Apps, News Discover and Ecosystem efforts and Sissie Hsiao to lead Assistant.
Google brings Full Coverage news to search results
Longer running news items may be surfaced more for some queries in Google Search.
Phone calls critical for business during the pandemic; Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, we're introducing research Tuesdays
Don’t lose sleep over the Page Experience Update and more; Friday’s daily brief
Wouldn't it be cool if Google told us when specific ranking factors were no longer being used?
Are Core Web Vitals worth the trouble? And confusion around passage ranking; Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, Bing launches misspelling interpreter
Is Google moving toward being search marketing’s point of singularity: Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, we’re looking for speakers for SMX Create
Google might have to subsidize journalism, but not like this…; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, Microsoft is replacing CPC with eCPC by the end of April.
Google hiding addresses in local pack and should you write meta descriptions: Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, Google News and Discover penalties
Australia gets News Showcase and how Google handles duplicate content for paid and organic: Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google Ads Auto Applied Recommendations explained
Google publishes new manual actions aimed at Google News and Discover penalties
Google has not yet announced the addition of these new manual actions but they are all visible in the help documents.
Australia’s showdown with Google has profound implications for domestic businesses and other digital platforms
The proposed legislation could create an untenable position for search engines in Australia, and Google’s threat to shut down search could affect traffic and domestic businesses across sectors.
Google News performance report added to Google Search Console
Google Search Console now lets you dive in to how well your news site performs in Google News and the Google News App.
Google gives publishers new content ‘Showcase’ on News, Search, Discover
There are no ad or ranking implications, but Showcase News features will be coming to Search and the Discover feed.
Google now uses BERT to match stories with fact checks
Google has made numerous changes to auto-complete, News, fact-checking, knowledge panels, breaking news detection and more.
See how visits to retail, grocery, workplaces are trending with Google Mobility Reports
How to use Google (and Apple) mobility reports to see how movements have shifted during the pandemic.
Google to launch ‘enhanced news storytelling’ project with licensed content
But aggressive government intervention in Australia threatens Google's voluntary news licensing strategy.
Google agrees to start paying for news content
Germany, Australia and Brazil are the first three countries, with more coming.
AMP won’t be required for Google’s Top Stories section
When Google's Page Experience Update goes live in 2021, AMP will stop being a requirement for the top stories section.
French antitrust decision sets the stage for Google to pay for news content in Europe
Google had sought to avoid paying copyright licensing fees by getting publishers to waive them in exchange for being included in search results.
Video: Thom Craver at CBS Interactive on the importance of schema and a bit on Google News
Just because Thom is an SEO at a news agency, don't blame him for any bias you see in Google News.
The 2019 search engine patents you need to know about
Bill Slawski of Go Fish Digital shared which patents topped his list this year.
Google highlights fact-checking while Bing SERP found to be disinformation hotbed
There's still a long way to go to fix the fake-news problem, but even further for Bing according to a new Stanford report.
SMX Overtime: Opportunities and challenges for conversational voice search
Expert search marketer and SMX speaker, Eric Enge, explains why brands need to better understand voice apps and interactions to meet their user needs.
Say hello to Google’s new Publisher Center
The interface is now the central hub for publishers to manage content across Google.
How to use Schema to create a Google Action
A new update makes Google Actions accessible to a broader range of marketers to build an Action from scratch.
Google brings audio news aggregation to smart speakers, phones
The Google Assistant acts as a kind of algorithmic, news DJ.
Misquoted and misunderstood: Why many in the search community don’t believe the WSJ about Google search
Search is complicated. The WSJ appeared set on seeing that complexity through a conspiratorial lens.
Google News app lets users access content in two languages
Personalization preferences are maintained across both languages.
Google may be having issues showing new content again
Not seeing your new and fresh content show up in Google News or Google Search? You are not alone.
Google won’t pay French publishers copyright fees, will limit content in search results instead
Publishers will need to give explicit consent to Google to show more of their content, says the company.
Google explains why syndicators may outrank original publishers
How to ensure your syndicated partners don't outrank you in Google.
Google now gives more preference to original reporting in search
Google has updated its algorithms to show more original reporting in search and Google News results.
Google may be having indexing issues again
Is your new content not showing up in Google search? Google may have yet another indexing bug.
Google’s indexing issues are resolved
Google has just confirmed the indexing issues from yesterday are fully resolved.