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Google Does the News

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Sweetness and light... by Bonker · · 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 · · 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..!

      Q.

  2. Regions by nick255 · · 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 · · 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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  3. Exellent! But.... by jonr · · 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. :)