New Google update aims to prioritise original reporting over rapid writethroughs
Big news from Google: it's tweaked its algorithms to prioritise original reporting - and to display it for longer.
Google put speed ahead of accuracy three years ago - and we're all paying the price
Here we go. Following on from my last post, it seems that Google has been including non-Google News posts in
Google's Top Stories algorithm is failing to detect authoritative sources
This is a pretty significant Google algorithm fail: Also, apparently Google is putting 4chan threads in their top story unit
Google tightening up First Click Free
Google is making changes to its “first click free” system: In 2009, we updated the FCF policy to allow a
Gamification the dumb…err…Google way
Beautiful summary: Google News US has launched collectable badges for reading news stories. This is stupid. Mary has provided plenty
How Boris Johnson gets his news
From his column in The Telegraph**, in which he explains why he barely noticed the BBC journalists’ strike: I consume
Fact-checking, Wikipedia and basic journalistic credibility
When I was in my early 20s, and working in my first proper journalism job, my features editor and boss