Increase traffic with Google's search products

Every month, people click through Google Search and Google News results to news sites more than 24 billion times.

Your news can show up in several places on Google:

• Google Search
• Google News
• Google Discover

Improve your performance on Search and manage how your news organization appears by using:

• Google Search Console
• Google Publisher Center
• PageSpeed Insights

When you search for a topic that’s in the news, Google’s algorithms organize specific stories and articles based on factors like a publisher’s relevance, prominence, and authoritativeness.

On Search, news articles can show in

• Top Stories
• News tab results
• Plain blue links

💡 Best practices to improve your Search performance:

• Tag your original content
• Ensure any websites that syndicate your content tag it appropriately
• Measure your Search traffic and fix issues with Google Search Console
• Make your web pages fast on all devices with Google’s PageSpeed Insights

From local and regional news outlets to national and global perspectives, Google News brings together diverse journalism to help us better understand our world.

Google News is focused on

• Strengthening access to local news.
• Providing access to a diverse range of sources.
• Addressing misinformation while protecting the open web.

How do I show up in Google News?

Google automatically crawls the web regularly to include websites in Google News. There’s no application needed!

💡Best practice: Check if your news site shows up in Google News and manage how you appear with Google Publisher Center.

On Google Search, users enter a search term to find helpful information related to their query.

Google Discover takes a different approach. Audiences can get updates for their interests, like their favorite sports team or news site, without having to search.

How do I show up on Discover?

• Provide content that's timely, compelling, or unique
• Use page titles that are succinct but informative
• Include high-quality images that are at least 1200 pixels wide
• Avoid using a site logo as your image
• Avoid using misleading or exaggerated details in preview content
• Avoid withholding information needed to understand what the content is about
• Avoid catering to outrage
• Avoid content that is excessively graphic or gruesome

• Check out our SEO Starter Guide
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• Report issues or get help with Google News