Google News Gets A New Look, More Content
Today, Google has announced several major changes and updates to the Google News Beta. Some of you began seeing the changes last week. What's New?
* Over 4000 English Language Sources. This is a MAJOR Increase to the List of Crawled Sources. Previously at about 100-150.
* Database Refreshed Every 15 Minutes. Previously About Once or Twice an Hour.
* Tab to Google News Listed With the Other Google Tools (Web, Images, Groups, Directory)
* Layout Of Google News Home Page What Continues?
* Clustering of Headlines on Similar Topic From Various Sources
* Ability to Sort Results by Relevance or Date What's Not Available?
* Advanced Interface
* Non-English Language Content
*Ability to Limit from a Specific Source Other Things To Know
*You Can Limit To Terms in the Title or Headline by Using the Syntax intitle:
*Inurl: Also Available To Limit to Terms in the URL (Use to Limit to a Specific News Site, Thanks T.C.)
*From the site, "Google News includes articles that appeared within the Past 30 Days".
I'm awaiting details about this statement from a Google representative. It doesn't make sense to me. Also, Why? Previously, Google kept material in the News database for 5 days. This makes sense since a great deal of "freely available" news material is only available for a 5-10 days after publication. 30 days is a long time in the online news world and Google has no control as to how long a specific site might make it available. Exceptions do exist. Other News Engines Worthy Of Your Attention See Also: AlltheWeb News (Includes Non-English Language Content, Advanced Interface) See Also: Northern Light News
(Sources Not Available Elsewhere on the Open Web For Free. Free E-Mail Alerts) See Also: Rocket News See Also: NewsNow See Also: NewsSeer
(An Adaptive Engine, From the People Behind Research Index, More on this One in the Next 10 Days) See Also: NewsBlaster (A Demo from Columbia University)
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