Often publishers ask us why Google News didn’t include one of their articles, or skipped the image associated with an article. In the search for answers, we’ve noticed that there’s a lot of confusion about how we include and rank articles. We’d like to share some of the facts, and debunk the myths.


Quick Points:

  • Having an image next to your article improves your ranking MYTH
  • Updating an article after posting it will create problems with Google News TRUE
  • Timing the publication of your article improves your article ranking MYTH
  • Articles that are just images or video won’t be included TRUE
  • There’s no way to see why my articles weren’t included in Google News MYTH
  • Publishing a sitemap helps my rankings MYTH
  • Redesigning my site may affect my coverage in Google News TRUE
  • If I put AdSense on my site, my article rankings will improve MYTH

Read about each point above:
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