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Facebook Expands Breaking News Tags, Brings Local News Update Module to More Regions

Social Media Today

Facebook has announced the expansion of both its 'Breaking News' tags and its local news update option.

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KCNN: Principles Module

Buzz Marketing for Technology

J-New Voices. LEARNING MODULES. We offer offers insights from a fact-checker for the Atlantic magazine, a talk with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, a proposal for updating breaking news in a different way, and more. The Knight Citizen News Network is an initiative of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.

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Facebook Announces New Slate of Video News Programs, Replacing Trending

Social Media Today

Facebook has announced a new slate of exclusive video news programming, which could replace their Trending News module.

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Take Advantage of Additional Google News Opportunities for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Google News continues to be an important source of traffic for publishers, in particular from the news OneBoxes that are frequently included in regular Web search results. While not as impactful as key news search optimization tactics, the tag offers another way to establish the topical relevancy of your content.

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Facebook Announces Removal of Trending News Section

Social Media Today

After various controversies, Facebook has announced that it's removing its Trending news module.

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The Gamification of News

Social Media Marketing

Now, Google is in the news (literally) with a gamification project of their own, and I think it has some potential. This week Google announced the launch of their Google News Badges. Edition of Google News now lets you collect private, sharable badges for your favorite topics. Let's explore why.

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SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links

Adam Sherk

This topic has been in the news recently with Google first issuing a reminder that any links within sponsored content should not pass PageRank. In addition, do not include sponsored content in your Google News sitemap. Regular editorial articles with a sponsor treatment are still eligible for Google News indexation.