Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
However ever since September 28, things have been pretty flat and we are having an avg of just 250 visitors each day, a massive fall from 2000-3000 visitors before...Even though our site features regularly in Google India (since the website is Indian), and the only time it has featured on the main site was in the green column...
So what i want to ask is:
a) Has google changed the algorithm so that it selects only those websites that have been registered as of that country (ie Indian websites in GNI and US websites in GN)?
b) Has google changed the algorithm in any way that has affected the fall in traffic?
c) Can i know in what way i can optimize my site for GN?
d) And can anyone tell me where can i find an idiot's guide to create a news sitemap:P
I can't comment on recent traffic falloff or what it takes to get your site included in Google News.
Article optimization... at least for the initial release... relies greatly on the page title, which is generally the main headline of article. Beyond that, it's classic onpage optimization.
For articles you're re-publishing from press releases which come in to you, you have the option of changing titles, headings, and including phrases that are likely to be searched within the article itself.
I forget the exact wording involved, but the New York Times discovered after the Indonesian tsunami that, from the search point of view, including the word "tsunami" in the title, rather than a more poetic description like "awesome devastation" (in lieu of "tsunami"), was much more likely to bring in visitors via search.
The same onpage principles apply to articles you originate. Definitely take a look at this current thread regarding future policies in Google News....
G News Search - expect more traffic for original content
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In the future, it's likely that original or substantially rewritten articles will have an advantage over republished press releases.
