Google Does the News

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 23, 2002 @02:25AM from the hey-mister-wanna-buy-the-paper dept.

rizen was among the countless readers who submitted that google does the news. They've added a new tab to their interface, and a CNNish sorta web page that indexes thousands of online news sites. Their technology section is showing some Slashdot stories too (sweet!). I like that they combine related stories on the same subject. Nifty setup.

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Sweetness and light... by Bonker · 2002-09-23 02:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

I can load relevant headlines without waiting for my browser to time out on CNN's AOL/Netscape banner every time.

Still, I wonder how the other news sources are going to react. They make their revenue on advertisting and if Google is skimming off the top of their viewership, I have to wonder if they're not going to start kvetching pretty quickly.

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1. Re:Sweetness and light... by Quaryon · 2002-09-23 02:35 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Well, Google only links to headlines at other sites, rather than publishing the articles themselves - so I suspect there will soon be a race by each of these sites to figure out how to get the top article in each section..!
  
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Regions by nick255 · 2002-09-23 02:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

At the moment it has World and U.S. sections. I think what it could really do with is different regional sections, which would be default to different regions URLs. (eg. news.google.co.uk having a UK section). It really doesn't interest me that much that South Dakota is to vote on extending jury rights!
1. Re:Regions by Peyna · 2002-09-23 03:12 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  It would be even better if they offered more stories from news sources arond the world. I've noticed in the past that if I read a story on CNN.com, and then go read it on El Mundo or Le Monde that you tend to get a very different point of view. Especially with stories that look at the United States or International issues. A real good example was the recent problems in Argentina and how the US news presented it, and how international news sources presented it.
  
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Re:google's great, but.... by theRhinoceros · 2002-09-23 02:30 · Score: 4, Insightful

As long as it's better* than msn, excite, yahoo or the like, yes.

*bett er - adj Does not have insanely annoying banner ads everywhere, nor advertisements disguised as headlines, or random flash popups or interstitial ads.
Re:Clean look and good international support by d^2b · 2002-09-23 03:26 · Score: 4, Insightful

Hmm. I know its not cool to pick on people's English when you don't speak their language, but living in Munich I was amused by the following quote from the Islamic Republic News Agency
"This government will only govern for a very short time," Stoiber told his disappointing supporters at a gathering in Munich, broadcast live on German television.
I mean, hey, Bavarians are a unique bunch, but disappointing seems a bit harsh, especially during Oktoberfest :->
Seriously though, I wonder just how the IRNA one paragraph story got to be number two on the list of sources.

B.T.W., and this is probably redundant, but if you think slashdotting is cool, wait till google news points at your community newspaper.
Exellent! But.... by jonr · 2002-09-23 06:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

Would it be possible to localize it more? Right now it is -1, Too US-Centric. This could be my startup page. :)