German publishers of multiple news sites have asked Google to start displaying snippets and thumbnails once again, 3 weeks after Google removed them from Google News. In a highly publicized case, 200+ German news publishers were fighting Google in court over the use of snippets and thumbnails in Google News, and Google made the decision […]
Google Removes German News Snippets & Thumbnails from Google News
In a move to minimize their legal risk, Google has removed snippets and thumbnails from German news sites in their Google News results. Google made the announcement on their German Google Product Blog. At issue is German News requirements that Google and other search engines pay a fee associated with showing snippets from news sources, […]
Searching for Some Company Names in Google News Displays Their Homepage
Usually when you search for a company name or brand in Google News, your results are entirely news results for that particular name. But Google News appears to be displaying homepages in the news results as the first result for some queries, rather than news stories about the search query. When you search for Twitter, […]
Google Launches New Google News Publishing Center
There has always been a bit of confusion for news sites and blogs who wanted to be included in Google News, yet stumbled on some of the requirements or the submission process to be included. While it is much less complicated today, Google has taken steps to make the process even easier for potential Google […]