Optimizing News Sites For Google News 422
malibucreek writes "More trouble for Google News? Yesterday, it was Google News censoring stories for China. Today, the Online Journalism Review details a potential conservative bias in the site's algorithm for news search results. The story also includes some details about how Google ranks stories on its news page. Turns out that on Google News, backlinks do *not* improve search positioning."
Re:Beta? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Article text has excellent theory. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Google News Republican Bias? (Score:2, Informative)
So basically, visiting a flame site is not the same as visiting a biased news site that honors it's duty to give inches of column space to both sides of the spectrum. Yes, they pick and choose, but at least somtehing from the opposising side is there.
Crying that
Anyone know how to research large institutional purchases of google stock?
Re:It is not Googles responsibility (Score:2, Informative)
censorship through google ignorance/laziness (Score:4, Informative)
But if on the google.ca page you click on Google.ca offered in: Français, then on Actualités (News), you're forwarded to the google.fr (France) news page.
France != French Canada
Conservative bias? (Score:3, Informative)
I believe the study is slanted.
If you want neutrality... (Score:4, Informative)
Oh? What's that? It's not as comprehensive? Well, it's a wiki, not a search engine! Seems you just can't have it both ways...
Note that there is talk of a WikiNews run by the MediaWiki foundation, but at present it is mostly idle speculation, and no real plans to make such a site.
Re:I have a simpler explanation (Score:3, Informative)
Kerry doesn't have the best delivery on his speeches (read: is totally monotone and wordy), but I know plenty of people who think that the content is good and support him both on the not-Bush part and what he has to say.
Re:Hatesites? (Score:3, Informative)
Forgot to mention: most of the UK press - including the Telegraph - have pretty clear divisions between news and editorial. The newspaper editorial positions above are much less obvious in news coverage, particularly in the upmarket newspapers aimed at an intelligent, educated readership: