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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SearchCap: EU & Google fines, Bing Merchant Center imports & Google News publisher features
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: EU about to fine Google billions in Android antitrust caseJun 6, 2018 by Greg Sterling The first antitrust fine was roughly $2.8 billion; this one could be larger. Bing Merchant […]
Google News to deprecate crawl errors report in Search Console & mobile app link in News Publisher Center
The removal is part of larger update to Google News.
SearchCap: Google News updated, standout tag gone & e-commerce SEO
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The new and AI-improved Google News now available for iPhone and iPadMay 15, 2018 by Greg Sterling Google News redesign in more than 120 countries on the web, Android and iOS. […]
Google News no longer supports the standout meta tag and Editors’ Pick
A few months after Google drops support for the meta news keywords tag, Google removes two other webmaster-related publisher features.
The new and AI-improved Google News now available for iPhone and iPad
Google News redesign in more than 120 countries on the web, Android and iOS.
Updated: Google’s Ben Gomes expands role to head all of search as John Giannandrea moves to Apple to head AI
Role previously held by John Giannandrea to be split between Jeff Dean and Ben Gomes
SearchCap: Google’s AMP Project, John Harrison Google doodle & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: Google zero results gone, Subscribe with Google for news & non-English URL SEO
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google stops showing zero search results for time, calculations & conversionsMar 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz After only a week of experimenting with showing only a single answer, Google is putting […]
Google News Initiative kicks off with Subscribe With Google, other efforts
Subscribers will see articles from their subscribed publications higher in the search results and be logged in to those publications across devices.
SearchCap: Google My Business update, AdWords ad grants & voice search
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Spring Equinox Google doodle introduces Quinn, an animated flower fairy & musicianMar 20, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues Designed by Google doodler Sophie Diao, the image leads to a search for Spring […]
SearchCap: Google News meta keywords, Yelp attribution & AdWords scripting
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google drops support for meta news keywords tagFeb 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz After years of telling publishers to use the news meta keyword tag, Google said it stopped supporting it […]
Google drops support for meta news keywords tag
After years of telling publishers to use the news meta keyword tag, Google said it stopped supporting it months ago.
SearchCap: Videos on Google My Business, SEO reports & search pics
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google My Business video uploads now available to business ownersJan 12, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Videos can appear on Google Maps and local search listings. 4 reports you can pull from […]
Google accidentally removes news publishers from Google News
It is expected that affected publishers will be reinstated by the end of the day.
The final recrawl analysis: A powerful and important last step after implementing large-scale SEO changes
You've crawled your client's site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why recrawling the site is critical once your SEO changes have been pushed live.
Google tries to bring more transparency to news content with help from The Trust Project
Google will display indicators to help distinguish between quality journalism and false information in search and elsewhere.
SearchCap: Google job search, Firefox picks Google & Bing Black Friday
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google adds new features to its job listings search tool released earlier this yearNov 15, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Salary, location and application details are now included directly in job listing […]
Google News adds new referral URL source that publishers should begin tracking
Google tells publishers to add news.url.google.com to the Google News referral tracking sources.
SearchCap: Google news knowledge graph, fake reviews & info operator
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google adds new knowledge panel to provide information about news publishersNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In an effort to combat fake news and equip searchers with more data about news […]
SearchCap: Google mobile design, Google News breaks RSS feeds & Baidu hack
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google rolling out new curved mobile search results interfaceNov 2, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Are you seeing a new look for the Google mobile search results page? You are not alone! […]
Google News to deprecate old RSS feed URLs on December 1, 2017
Do you subscribe to Google News RSS feeds? Well, you may have noticed that they appear to be completely broken now.
Google announces new Poynter partnership to train more news fact checkers globally
Support of the International Fact-Checking Network will provide tools and training for more fact checkers around the world.
SearchCap: Google’s new flexible sampling, paywall schema & HTTPS migrations
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: First Click Free is over, being replaced by Flexible SamplingOct 2, 2017 by Greg Sterling Google is rolling out a suite of tools to help news publishers drive more subscription […]
Google adds structured data for subscription & paywalled content for new flexible sampling program
Excited for the new flexible sampling program for Google web search and Google News? Well, make sure you don't get in trouble for cloaking by using this new structured data.
Report: Google ending ‘first click free’ to help publishers boost subscriptions
The WSJ pulled out of FCF and saw traffic losses but higher subscription revenue.
SearchCap: Google news changes, video previews in search & Search Console data issue
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google auto-playing video previews in search results carousel on AndroidAug 21, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google is now showing six-second video previews in the search results delivered on Android devices. Wonky […]
Google making renewed effort to help news publishers drive more subscriptions
Google effort appears to be a modified version of existing tools and approaches with some new, unspecified wrinkles.
SearchCap: Google News redesign, AdWords tests headlines & speed tool upgrade
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google News gets a cleaner look, new features to make it ‘more accessible’Jun 27, 2017 by Greg Sterling The new design is simpler to use, more visually appealing and offers more […]
Google News gets a cleaner look, new features to make it ‘more accessible’
The new design is simpler to use, more visually appealing and offers more content and context.
EU slaps Google with $2.7B antitrust fine for favoring its own content in search results
The fine is much larger than expected and sets a worrying precedent for the company as it faces future cases.
5 must-do technical SEO audit items in 2017
As the search world evolves, so must your technical SEO audits. Columnist Aleyda Solis discusses some new items to add to your audits in order to stay current.
SearchCap: SEO success factors, Google News spam, Bing Ads device bidding
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors: 2017 edition now released Jun 12, 2017 by Danny SullivanMobile, direct answers & site speed factors gain greater weight. Gboard for Android gets new […]
Google News spammed with drug spam, dating sites & more
Beware: The Google News health section is now filled with a lot of hacked content and spam.
Wall Street Journal’s Google traffic drops 44% after pulling out of First Click Free
Despite less traffic, paid subscriber conversion said to be up fourfold.
[Podcast] The Google I/O 2017 recap: Lens, Assistant & more
In our latest podcast, we recap some of the bigger news and announcements from Google I/O 2017, with audio from the company's main keynote on Wednesday.
How to build an SEO strategy to dominate your market
Want to build an SEO strategy that can withstand algorithm updates, growing competitors and industry fluctuations? Columnist Jeremy Knauff explains how to do this by rethinking your approach.
The best-kept AdWords secret: AMP your landing pages
Even though AdWords doesn’t officially support AMP yet, advertisers can still use the technology to serve faster landing pages. Columnist Frederick Vallaeys explains how implementing AMP can lead to big gains in conversion rates.
Google expands fact-checking effort to all searches worldwide
Is an online claim true or not? Google hopes special callouts for fact-checking articles will help searchers get the right answers or better make their own decisions.
SearchCap: Google search shortcuts, exact match & local entities
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SMX West keynote: Google talks about ranking, more in Google AssistantMar 21, 2017 by Matt McGee Google’s Jason Douglas shares what marketers and developers need to know about Actions on Google. […]