Google has now pushed live a new feature in Google News where they offer the latest headlines from selected news sources, along with links to download their apps on either Google Play or the Apple App Store. Here is how it appears: To view them, simply go to Google News on iOS or Android then […]
Google News Will Not Use New Mobile Ranking Signal… Yet
With Google’s new mobile ranking signal coming into effect on April 21st, many people questioned whether Google News rankings would be affected with this new ranking signal, or if it would continue serving up the best news source, regardless of whether it is mobile friendly or not. If you are in Google News but are […]
Only 12% Drop in Traffic With Closure of Google News Claims AEDE, Spain’s Assoc of Newspaper Editors
The AEDE, Spain’s Association of Newspaper Editors and the group that pushed legislators to pass the so-called “Google Tax”, has claimed that the closure of Google News in Spain has only resulted in the loss of 12% of traffic. AEDE claims that the largest online news publishers in Spain, including El Pais and El Mundo […]
Spanish News Publishers Using Google AdWords to Get Back Lost Google News Traffic
We now know how some publishers are reacting to Google closing Google News in response to the upcoming “Google Tax” law in Spain… they are attempting to get the traffic back from Google by running Google AdWords on the keyword “news.” El Mundo and ElEconomista are both currently advertising for “noticias”, which means “news”. Juan […]
Google Confirms Spanish Publishers Removed from Google News & Google News in Spain Closed
Google has confirmed that they did in fact close Google News in Spain and removed all Spanish publishers from Google News worldwide. Google made the closure announcement earlier this week, citing the so-called “Google Tax” that the government in Spain implemented that would require services such as Google News to pay publishers to include their […]
Publishers in Spain Ask Government to Force Google News to Return & Force Google to Pay
Publishers in Spain want the Spanish government to force Google News to reopen their service in the country. Google made the decision to close Google News in Spain as well as to remove all Spanish publishers from all other editions of Google News. Because of the Spanish government’s new law, which comes into effect in […]
Google To Close Google News in Spain & Remove Spanish Publishers from all Google News Versions
With many news publishers trying to get money out of Google for linking it to their content from Google News, Google has been playing hardball. When German publishers demanded that they get paid for the use of their thumbnails and snippets within Google News, Google simply linked to just the titles, and it only took […]
Google News Testing Tiny Video Thumbnails Alongside Images
A new Google News test has popped up for a limited number of search queries that displays a tiny thumbnail for a video result inline with a row of related thumbnail images. It is similar to how video results had been displayed several years ago, but something Google had moved away from in favor of […]
German News Sites Lost 80% Google News Traffic With Snippets Removed
After Germany passed a law requiring Google to pay news publishers for publishing snippets and thumbnails in the search results, it took only two weeks for publishers to concede and ask for Google to return their Google News listings to the way they appeared prior to the judgement. And now we have more details about […]
Spain Latest Country to Demand Payment from Google for News Listings
Spain has passed a new law that would allow news publishers to charge search engines and other aggregators every time a search result appears that includes their news content. The law, which is somewhat similar to the German law from earlier this year, which saw Google remove snippets and thumbnails from German news publishers. However, […]