Your Site and Google News Question
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My site has been in Google News for about 3 years. Over the weekend, I received this message from Google
Hi John,
We periodically review news sources, to ensure Google News offers a high quality experience for our users. When we reviewed your site, mainstreetmonroe.com, we found that we can no longer include it in Google News at this time.
We reviewed your site and are unable to include it in Google News at this time. We can't include sites that don't have a formal editorial-review process for submitted content. If this exists on your site, please let us know where and we'll be happy to review your site again.
Mainstreetmonroe is scheduled to be removed from Google News for a period of at least 30 days. After this 30-day period has elapsed, you can re-apply for inclusion in Google News provided your site meets our guidelines. We appreciate your assistance in this matter.
Please note that you'll still be able to find your site in Google Web Search and other Google services.
Thanks for your interest in Google News.
Regards,
The Google News Team
What exactly do they mean? I submitted my website news section, but they have been displaying our forum area in the news too. I think the forum is what GN is talking about.
What is the best way to fix this problem? Move the forum to a subdomain?
Website: http://www.mainstreetmonroe.com/
Forum: http://www.mainstreetmonroe.com/Voice/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=2
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Have you submitted a news sitemap? It should only include links to your news articles.
http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=74288
Also it looks like they want to know more about your editorial review process. Here is the standard message from google about being included in News results.
We typically include sites in Google News that:
- have news content reporting on recent events - please note that we don't
include informational and how-to articles, classified ads, job postings,
fictitious content, event announcements, advice columns or adult content; - have content that is original to the site;
- are written and maintained by a clear organization, one that has
multiple writers and editors with accessible contact information; - don't solely promote their own activities or products;
- don't violate Google's quality guidelines available at
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769#3.
- have news content reporting on recent events - please note that we don't
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