Google Launches Google News for Nigeria
At last, Google has launched a google news site for Nigeria, thus allowing users to search and view news in localized editions, and helping dozens of African news sites make their stories available to users worldwide. Now, users can make local searches for a specific country and find them easily.
Google News helps online news publishers take advantage of the huge opportunities the Internet offers. With more than one billion people on the Internet looking for information, it is easy to see why Google News brings real benefits to both publishers and users.
Google News also makes it easier for users to discover your site, it drives additional traffic to your site, and also provides new opportunities for online revenue. If you would like to make your news site more searchable, you can use tools such as Robot.txt and Sitemaps. Note: The technical requirements for inclusion in Google News are the same as inclusion in Google’s general index.
According to the Official Google Africa Blog, the technology company is excited about launching the first localized product for Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ghana, Uganda and Botswana, beyond their home page.
See the Google News for Nigeria at news.google.com.ng
Nice development. Now we need more truly Nigerian news sites to have articles on there. Many Nigerian News websites don’t meet the requirements for Google News. Find out more here: http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=68323 if you run a Nigerian news website.
Yeah Temi, the site’s URL is very critical if Nigerian news sites are to be indexed properly by Google. So all you folks out there, please follow Temi’s link;-)
good move google…
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