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Google's New Meta-Tags For News Story Authors

Posted by timothy on from the tree-of-attribution dept.

EreIamJH writes "Google News is experimenting with meta-tags in an effort to ensure that the correct news source is credited with an article. The original-source meta-tag will identify the newspaper that breaks a story, while syndication-source is for everyone who repeats the story. Both meta-tags can appear multiple times — for instance an article that sources information from other articles would include an original-source tag for each article used in preparing the new article. While the intention is worthy, I look forward to lots of snarky blogger fights as journalists vent their hurt feelings for having been omitted as an original source."

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  1. Breaks, not Brakes by Lord+Byron+II · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Used in a sentence: "When Timothy breaks the rules of English, it makes me not want to brake when he is in front of my car."

    j/k - I mean you no harm.

  2. When news brakes by reboot246 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    we get it going again.

    I hate slow news!

  3. Re:fa6o8z by p0p0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe you should check the link your trolling with still works before you use it.

  4. Re:Really? by Arancaytar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    According to the reliable source "shit I made up", the printing press has to be slowed down periodically to avoid overheating; hence "braking" a story. No idea why this term carried over into digital media. :P

  5. Yes, really. by RichiH · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I wanted to write the same, but I will make sure you are credit with being first. Also, I look forward to even the most minimal editing on /.