Google News has implemented a recrawl feature that allows the search engine to focus on getting the newest articles. The idea behind recrawling is to insure any changes to new articles are captured.
Most changes happen to articles immediately after they’re published. To deal with the issue, Google implemented the recrawl feature to capture updates and dead links.
How does it work?
Once Google News finds new articles, they will revisit the article multiple times the first day to capture any updates. In some cases, they will attempt to recrawl an article they had trouble crawling the first time around. After that, Google will visit them less often.
This should help minimize the number of outdated headlines and dead links you might find while browsing Google News. For publishers, this is great when you discover typos, mistakes or add additional information.
Tariq Ali is an avid follower of the search engine and Internet marketing industry for the past 10 years. When he is not working or playing with tech gadgets, you will find him swimming, biking or running.
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Tags: Google News, News search
That’s a good idea and I’m happy Google has implemented the option! Now Google will index the news regularly when they appear and all the comments and updates you will easily find on its cache. If there’s a trackback url Google will also index some new opinion on the subject. Isn’t it great? :)