Google News to Accept Press Releases for its Automated News Harvester
Google has redefined the term "news" so that press releases from corporate sites or lobby groups are acceptable content for the "automated" news harvester at its Google News web site. Google has promised to do a very rare thing: and actually publish its guidelines for what it considers as a news site in written form. To date, the rules have been vague and verbal (we were offered a verbal version several times today, but insisted on something in writing). We will learn of these guidelines on Monday, and share them with you the moment we receive this historical document. [Full story: Google News: press releases are OK - Official - The Register]
Posted under Google on April 06, 2003.
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