Google investigating a new indexing bug – this time with Google News
Oh no - another indexing related bug. But this one is limited to only a few Google News publishers.
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Oh no - another indexing related bug. But this one is limited to only a few Google News publishers.
What they are, how they work and how to optimize for Google News and Apple News.
The company also announced new fact-checking tools and other efforts to stop the spread of 'misinformation.'
SVP Kent Walker urges changes in language ahead of ratification.
Controversial 'link tax' and content filtering provisions part of the final language of the Directive.
Google sought to show potential 'unintended consequences' of new copyright rules that require fees when content is shown in search results.
Get reacquainted with best practices for getting your content in Google News.
Once the language is finalized, each member state will need to ratify the directive.
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The company's move comes after months of complaints from publishers, but Google wouldn't say what exactly it was changing.
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Facebook users turned to Google search or went directly to publishers.
Nearly 80 percent of AMP contributors are now third parties.
The new rules, which require member-state approval to go into effect, amount to a kind of 'GDPR for copyright.'
Publishers and media companies have stepped up lobbying for a restrictive copyright law that would effectively create 'link taxes.'
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Google has released new markup and schema aimed at bringing more news content to the Google Assistant and Google Home devices.
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The removal is part of larger update to Google News.
Legislation seeks to clean up copyright but also to subsidize traditional media at the expense of internet companies.
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A few months after Google drops support for the meta news keywords tag, Google removes two other webmaster-related publisher features.
After years of telling publishers to use the news meta keyword tag, Google said it stopped supporting it months ago.
It is expected that affected publishers will be reinstated by the end of the day.
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Google tells publishers to add news.url.google.com to the Google News referral tracking sources.
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