Comments on: SEO for Google News – Ranking Factors and Recommendations http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laurence 'GreenReaper' Parry http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-87717 Laurence 'GreenReaper' Parry Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:14:30 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-87717 For the record, we have clickable thumbnails that are indexed by Google News. However, they are also of a reasonable size (>100px each dimension). For the record, we have clickable thumbnails that are indexed by Google News. However, they are also of a reasonable size (>100px each dimension).

]]> By: SEO Guide: Google News Optimisation http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-75151 SEO Guide: Google News Optimisation Tue, 17 May 2011 13:17:52 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-75151 [...] http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html [...] [...] http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html [...]

]]> By: Luke Rickards http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-69180 Luke Rickards Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:50:34 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-69180 "Note that these recommendations come from my point of view as an SEO specialist, and I reckon they would benefit from a journalistic perspective." Good point. It's easy to get too focused on the technical aspects and forget that a good percentage of SEO happens indirectly as a vote from 'the people'. No doubt good journalists always keep in mind the viral potential of article content, and if the story is remarkable, links - and therefore ranking - will follow effortlessly. Luke <a href="http://websitemediamarketing.com/">SEO Services Adelaide</a> "Note that these recommendations come from my point of view as an SEO specialist, and I reckon they would benefit from a journalistic perspective." Good point. It's easy to get too focused on the technical aspects and forget that a good percentage of SEO happens indirectly as a vote from 'the people'. No doubt good journalists always keep in mind the viral potential of article content, and if the story is remarkable, links – and therefore ranking – will follow effortlessly.

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]]> By: The Definitive Guide to Image Search Optimisation - State of Search http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-31380 The Definitive Guide to Image Search Optimisation - State of Search Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:56:46 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-31380 [...] Do note though that, if you run a news site, you shouldn’t have the images that accompany your content link to anything. Linked images do not show up as thumbnails for your news articles in Google News, as it prefers unlinked images in news items. Read more about SEO for Google News here. [...] [...] Do note though that, if you run a news site, you shouldn't have the images that accompany your content link to anything. Linked images do not show up as thumbnails for your news articles in Google News, as it prefers unlinked images in news items. Read more about SEO for Google News here. [...]

]]> By: Google universal ranking factors: an overview of resources - State of Search http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-24981 Google universal ranking factors: an overview of resources - State of Search Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:58:56 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-24981 [...] http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html by our own Barry Adams; and [...] [...] http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html by our own Barry Adams; and [...]

]]> By: The State of Search for News | State of Search http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-23918 The State of Search for News | State of Search Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-23918 [...] So those responsible for generating traffic for news sites do well to pay attention to Google News. As a search engine it uses vastly different ranking factors than Google’s web search engine, as I’ve outlined in a recent blog post for Search Engine People: SEO for Google News. [...] [...] So those responsible for generating traffic for news sites do well to pay attention to Google News. As a search engine it uses vastly different ranking factors than Google's web search engine, as I've outlined in a recent blog post for Search Engine People: SEO for Google News. [...]

]]> By: Five tips on getting your video into Google News - State of Search http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-23350 Five tips on getting your video into Google News - State of Search Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:21:09 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-23350 [...] how you can get your content in Google News. Our very own Barry Adams also wrote a post about that on Searchenginepeople for example. But there is one other item which can get you into Google News which gets a little less attention: [...] [...] how you can get your content in Google News. Our very own Barry Adams also wrote a post about that on Searchenginepeople for example. But there is one other item which can get you into Google News which gets a little less attention: [...]

]]> By: Barry Adams http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-23224 Barry Adams Mon, 31 May 2010 14:36:38 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-23224 @Matt, from what I have seen Google used to take the headline from the H1 or H2 tag it deemed most likely to be the actual article headline. The recently adopted expanded scheme for the Google News sitemap seems to have changed this, and Google now appears to take the headline from the title as mentioned in the sitemap. I've worked on a news site where Google picked the wrong headline (taking the [badly coded] search box text as the headline, which was featured just above the article text in the HTML code), but that problem has vanished with the adoption of the new expanded News sitemap scheme. @Matt, from what I have seen Google used to take the headline from the H1 or H2 tag it deemed most likely to be the actual article headline. The recently adopted expanded scheme for the Google News sitemap seems to have changed this, and Google now appears to take the headline from the title as mentioned in the sitemap.

I've worked on a news site where Google picked the wrong headline (taking the [badly coded] search box text as the headline, which was featured just above the article text in the HTML code), but that problem has vanished with the adoption of the new expanded News sitemap scheme.

]]> By: Weekly Search & Social News: 05/25/2010 | Search Engine Journal http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-23059 Weekly Search & Social News: 05/25/2010 | Search Engine Journal Tue, 25 May 2010 14:40:24 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-23059 [...] SEO for Google News – Ranking Factors and Recommendations – Our good friend Barry Adams had a great post on Search Engine People that looks at News and Universal search. For those long time readers, this is an area we’ve been talking about a lot this year. This post is a definite must read [...] [...] SEO for Google News – Ranking Factors and Recommendations – Our good friend Barry Adams had a great post on Search Engine People that looks at News and Universal search. For those long time readers, this is an area we've been talking about a lot this year. This post is a definite must read [...]

]]> By: Matt http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-for-google-news-ranking-factors-and-recommendations.html#comment-22978 Matt Sat, 22 May 2010 16:28:07 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=6026#comment-22978 How does Google choose the title? Does it pick the news headline tagged H1, or does it take the keyword rich title created for ranking? Uncertainty on this is one reason why I have not dared tackle Google news so far! How does Google choose the title? Does it pick the news headline tagged H1, or does it take the keyword rich title created for ranking?

Uncertainty on this is one reason why I have not dared tackle Google news so far!

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