Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
Google recently rolled out some enhancements to its Google News site, including settings that allow users to say whether they want to see more or less news from “blogs.” But how does the search giant define the term “blog?” After all, the lines between traditional media and the blogosphere have blurred a lot over the past few years, with traditional media entities launching blogs, and some blog sites becoming major media entities. According to Google, it looks at a bunch of different factors the company won’t specify, but the main one is whether a source calls itself a blog or not, just reinforcing the point that drawing a distinction between blogs and non-blogs is a mug’s game when it comes to the news.
