More points of view on Google News
October 28th, 2011 | Published in Google News
By Jayakumar Hoskere, Software Engineer
When a big story breaks, there are often over a thousand articles written about the news event. At Google News, we work hard to surface the most relevant and interesting content to you -- so you can spend less time sorting through thousands of articles, and more time consuming news from a range of diverse perspectives. For instance, since introducing expandable stories, we have added additional labels to call out special types of articles in many editions. These labels are designed to highlight different content types on Google News, and show you stories that complement and expand upon standard news reporting. The four labels we recently launched include:
- Live Updating: A live-updating article, such as a liveblog.
- Featured: An article a publisher has told us is standout.
- Fact-check: An article providing fact-check content about the story.
- Your Preferred source: An article from a source that you preferred.
