What changes do i need to make to my site to get into google news
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Hi, when we had the old design, we were in google news but then when we upgraded our site, we had a major problem which forced us to have to redesign our site. Since then we have not been included in google news and we would like to get back in.
We only want to be in google news for the following page http://www.in2town.co.uk/Latest-News-Headlines
But for some reason, no matter what we do we keep getting knocked back.
I would love to know what we should be doing to get into google news and see what the problems are.
We have moved to a bigger dedicated server to increase speed so i know it is not that.
Any help would be great
Also is there an alternative to google news that i can get our site into to generate traffic and to get our news stories straight out to people
Hi,
Thank you for your note.
We appreciate your interest in sharing your content with us. However, when we reviewed your site, we found that we cannot include it in Google News at this time.
We have certain guidelines in place regarding the quality of sites which are included in Google News. Please feel free to review these guidelines at the following link:
http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40787
We know it can be frustrating to not have more information about this but we appreciate your efforts and understanding. We will log your site for future consideration. Please keep in mind that we will be unlikely to review your site for at least 60 days following this email.
Thanks for your understanding and your continued interest in Google News.
Regards,
The Google News Team -
just added a new one as i work in k2 http://www.in2town.co.uk/component/option,com_dmk2googlenewssitemap/lang,en/
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hi, i did not have the google news sitemap with my google webmaster tools. i use to have one but i got rid of it when i was no longer in google news.
i work in joomla so i have just downloaded one now but came across an error which i have posted on the joomla forum as below
Hi, i have downloaded the google news sitemap generator which is here http://googlenewssitemap.com/#downloads but for some reason when i put it into my google webmaster tools it comes up with the following
Errors
Missing XML tag
This required tag is missing. Please add it and resubmit.
1
Parent tag: urlset
Tag: url4
Dec 21, 2012
can anyone please let me know what i need to do to solve this. here is the google news sitemap
http://www.in2town.co.uk/component/option,com_gnsg/lang,en/view,GNSG/
do you feel it is just the sitemap that is the reason why i have been turned down again and again for google news
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Just a quick question Diane have you created and submitted a Google News Sitemap in Google Webmaster Tools?
http://support.google.com/news/publisher/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75717&topic=2527688&ctx=topic
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