Revamped Google News design goes live with top stories, local news and personalized articles
Google also has re-launched Google News in Spain.
Topic: Google News
Google Search Console reporting issue with News performance report
This is just a reporting issue, actual ranking and performance was not impacted in Google Search.
Google News new design being tested
This is currently a limited trial but changes to Google News may impact some publishers.
Lucid visibility: How a publisher broke into Google Discover in less than 30 days from launch
Find out why, and how, it happened – and whether that Discover visibility will remain over the long-term, in this case study.
Google Search Console page experience report now tracks more desktop search features
This may lead to an increase in impressions in your page experience report and performance reports.
A guide to machine learning in search: Key terms, concepts and algorithms
Want to understand how machine learning impacts search? Learn how Google uses machine learning models and algorithms in search.
Optimizing mobile sites: What’s the alternative to AMP?
As publishers continue to move away from AMP, how can they maintain site performance?
Google shares search traffic monitoring dashboard for Data Studio
Plus, you can now pull Discover and Google News traffic data into Data Studio using the Search Console connector.
Google gives more visibility to local news publishers
Google search may show local news stories more often in Top Stories. Google News Showcase also gets updates.
Google Search Console performance reports data issue may impact analytics
This issue was between February 1st through February 3rd and did not impact your rankings.
Google News performance report updated for accuracy, expect impression reductions
This is not a ranking change, this is just a change in how Google reports on your rankings.
Google adds local news features to search, giving publishers more exposure
Local news organizations depend on organic search traffic as queries like “news near me” have tripled in the past five years, Google says.
Makes you miss the ‘Don’t be evil’ days; Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, Facebook's aging user base and what it means for advertisers.
Google Search Console Search Analytics API gains Discover, News and Regex
This data and the features were already in the web interface but now they are also available in the API.
Google publishes new help documents on controlling titles and descriptions in search
Plus, Google has introduced a new term, "title link," for the title of a search result on Google Search.
Advertisers will now get more data in Google Ads… sort of; Friday’s daily brief
Plus, the conundrum of in-house career progression
Incorrect business listings deter 63% of consumers; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, the Google News app will show non-AMP content and Microsoft Advertising announces optimization score in the Recommendations tab.
Google News app will display non-AMP content and send readers to publisher pages
Tracking and performance reports in Google Search Console won’t be affected.
Why are in-house SEOs looking for new jobs?; Friday’s daily brief
Plus, is pinning the solution to control RSAs?
Google page experience update is now rolled out
The Google News app changes have about a week more to go.
Google News inclusion is automated, sorry publishers; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google introduces Mobile Web Certification for partners
Google tries to answer publishers questions on visibility concerns in Google News
Applying to be in Google News has been turned off for years, causing confusion to new publishers.
Google rankings, quality and relevancy; Wednesday’s daily brief
Also, non-AMP content now in top stories carousel.
Google top stories carousel now showing non-AMP listings
Are you noticing your non-AMP pages showing up in this spot now?
Google page experience update now slowly rolling out
Top stories will stop using AMP as an eligibility factor starting Thursday.
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.
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?
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
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 Search Console Discover performance report now includes all data
Also be on the look out for the new origin referrer for Chrome Google Discover traffic.
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.