Straight from the horse’s mouth, some of the myths and mysteries regarding which stories are indexed by Google News and why. Or not:
Often publishers ask us why Google News didn’t include one of their articles, or skipped the image associated with an article. In the search for answers, we’ve noticed that there’s a lot of confusion about how we include and rank articles. We’d like to share some of the facts, and debunk the myths.
The quick-read version:
Having an image next to your article improves your ranking MYTH
Updating an article after posting it will create problems with Google News TRUE
Timing the publication of your article improves your article ranking MYTH
Articles that are just images or video won’t be included TRUE
There’s no way to see why my articles weren’t included in Google News MYTH
Publishing a sitemap helps my rankings MYTH
Redesigning my site may affect my coverage in Google News TRUE
If I put AdSense on my site, my article rankings will improve MYTH
More: http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/psstsecrets-of-google-news-exposed.html
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