A collection of 6 posts
Here we go. Following on from my last post, it seems that Google has been including non-Google News posts in the “In the News” box for three years: Google has confirmed that new “In The News” box appearing in some…
This is a pretty significant Google algorithm fail: Also, apparently Google is putting 4chan threads in their top story unit now? So, the number one hit for his name is a /pol/ thread. pic.twitter.com/OYwW6pbWvy — Ryan Broderick (@broderick)…
Google is making changes to its “first click free” system: In 2009, we updated the FCF policy to allow a limit of five articles per day, in order to protect publishers who felt some users were abusing the spirit of…
Beautiful summary: Google News US has launched collectable badges for reading news stories. This is stupid. Mary has provided plenty of more detailed reasons why it’s stupid, too. Another example of Google jumping on a social bandwagon without really…
From his column in The Telegraph**, in which he explains why he barely noticed the BBC journalists’ strike: I consume vast quantities of news – but almost entirely without the assistance of the BBC. I get up early and read a…
