Hi David,
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and for the information. It is very insightful and much appreciated.
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RE: Google News results ...can it be SEOed?posted in SERP Trends
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RE: Google News results ...can it be SEOed?posted in SERP Trends
yes
Having "journalistic standards" and "authority" is vague and doesn't at all help in understanding WHAT about the site needs to be improved/changed, etc.
The site in question seems to have all the criteria to be in the news...but it's not. Looking at competition, which have very sites almost identical, they are in the news. The only diff between them and us is the site has more articles....doesnt necessarily mean they are more newsworthy.
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Google News results ...can it be SEOed?posted in SERP Trends
Hello Everyone.
I simply wanted to know if anyone had some useful insight on what it takes for a legitimate website to appear within the Google News results.
I have rarely, or ever, had to dabble in this kind of SEO, but after coming across a situation with a perfectly legitimate website, I'm now scratching my head.
The site in question is a very well established website, with 0 "seo" done to it. All links organic, all traffic legit and they have VERY strong social media presence. The site's current DA is 50. Its a 3 letter domain.
Some of the points I believe are important
- quantity and quality of content (% of aggregated vs actually original content)
- overall % of "news" content vs rest of the site content
- authors/writers credentials (how would Google evaluate the authority of a writer, so his/her content is newsworthy?)
- overall site authority
- rich snippet and code needed to be indexed? I think rel publisher or rel author tags have something to do with it?
- making sure to have basic SEO in place: canonical tag, unique headers, etc.
What am I missing?
They have one particular competitor that seem to be ranking for almost everything news related, while being a similar site in content and authority, however they are nowhere. They have submitted to Google News before (not even sure what that means) but have failed to be included -- does this put a "stain" on them for any reason or impede the possibility of being indexed in the Google News results in the future?
ANY input is appreciated.