Google News Sitemaps
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I've noticed that Google News has withdrawn the necessity for there to be a minimum of 3 numerical digits in the URL if you submit the content via a new sitemap. Is this 100% correct? I'm working on a site rebuild for a client that is where submission to Google News will be instrumental in their strategy. Are there are difference between UK and US submission as this is UK based?
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Thanks Wissam. Always good to hear it from someone else rather than Google.
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Yes Gareth,
There is no difference.
In Google News Guidelines it mentions that you can use minimum of 3 digits identifier OR you can use a News Sitemap.
and I would highly advise to go check the technical requirements for links, multimedia and others here http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/topic.py?hl=en-GB&topic=11665
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