Comments on: Nieman Journalism Lab: Google News and the ‘blog’ label

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:37:29 +0000

Quick update: Google got back to me on the same day saying they would update my listing as a news source, rather than a blog. Good news!
If anyone else has the same trouble, just get in touch with them as soon as possible. I hope they are as accommodating for you as they were for me.

By: Laura Oliver

Laura Oliver — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:41:43 +0000

Please do Chris – if this is affecting Bristol247, then no doubt similar independent news sites must have suffered the same – any others resolved the issue with Google?

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:24:47 +0000

After a long wait, bristol247.com is now listed on Google News – but I am listed as (blog). OK, so I am not a fully-fledged newsroom along the lines of the local and national media, but I think I have produced far more than a blog.
And you could call me precious, but having the blog label is I believe detrimental to my site – as I don’t think net surfers will take my site as seriously as I would like.
I’ve contacted Google News today to ask if they could ‘relabel’ me – I’ll let you know their response.