SEO for Google News

An irregular newsletter with tips and updates for anyone interested in optimising news publishers for Top Stories & Google News.

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John Shehata and I have teamed up to deliver the first online event dedicated exclusively to SEO for news and publishing, taking place on October 26 & …

Aug 25

Since the manual Google News approval process was retired in December 2019, getting into Google News has been a murky and frustrating affair.

Jul 27

This is a regularly updated list of documentation, guides, resources, and tools for optimising your site for Google News

Jun 24

Google's upcoming Page Experience update will introduce Core Web Vitals as ranking factors and remove the AMP requirement from mobile Top Stories.

May 28

Success in Top Stories is about more than just writing great headlines. The technology that delivers your articles to search engines is a large part of…

Apr 13

In today's newsletter I want to talk about the main areas of focus for SEO in publishing, and how organisations can improve their internal SEO function…

Mar 4

Having the right featured image to accompany your articles is an increasingly valuable SEO element, directly impacting the article's visibility in sear…

Feb 1

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