Local news publishers could get some extra visibility and traffic – both from regular search results and Google News Showcase, Google announced today. Google ranking improvement. Google ...

So far, Google says it has partnered with over 150 news publications in 39 states throughout the US, with over 90 percent of them being local or regional.

Weeks after California announced a $250 million public-private partnership with Google to fund local news outlets and develop AI, many aspects of the deal remain uncertain.

The backstory: The deal, announced last August, committed California and Google to each put tens of millions of dollars into a fund to be distributed to local news outlets over five years. In ...

Tech company and CA decrease local news deal. The backstory: In their original agreement, Google agreed to make a $15 million payment. The state and Google each agreed to pay $10 million into the ...

Google said it's been tweaking its systems so that authoritative, relevant local news sources appear more often next to national publications in Top Stories and other general news features.

Search Engine Land » Platforms » Google » Google News » Google News’ New Local Angle Share Just as Ask is introducing “BigNews,” Google is offering local news. The Google News Blog says ...

Once a user is logged into their Google Account, they can enter their zip code in Google News to be served local coverage customized for their area. To give it a test, I entered my zip code, 33618.

While news podcasts are increasingly popular, most focus on national and global news. It tends to be harder to find local news, especially in an on-demand, audio format. Google wants to change this.

Google says it will remove links to local news in Canada across its Search, News, and Discover products in response to the country’s passage of the Online News Act.