News Keywords Tag

Google Drops Support For Meta News Keywords Tag

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Google has decided to drop its support for the news meta keywords tag, which was introduced specifically for news publishers back in 2012.  Several months ago, the search engine quietly stopped supporting it. Because Google didn’t announce the change, publishers continued using it.  By using the news meta keywords tag, you’ll find that it won’t help Google …

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Google News Has Added Local Source Tag To Expandable News Box To Promote Major Local News Stories

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On the Google News blog, it’s been announced that Google has added a “Local Source” tag to surface local coverage of major stories. The tagging aspect itself is automated.  Google is automatically identifying the “Local Source” tag of a story based on “looking at where a publisher has written about int he past and comparing  that to the …

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