Google News Returns to its 20th anniversary with an updated interface that makes it easy to find local news and lets you add, delete or resize interesting topics.

News aggregator and search engine Google News automatically scans news from major online media to enable users to, in the words of the company, “find the latest information from trusted and trusted sources.”

In December 2014, Spain became the first country in the world to close this service Due to the Intellectual Property Act that came into force in 2015 and this law grants publishers the right to financial compensation on news aggregation websites.

In November 2021, the company announced that Google News would be reopened “at the beginning of the year” with a new royal decree approved by the Spanish government that would change the European directive on content rights, as confirmed by the Vice President of Google Iberia. Fuenzisla Clemares.

In this way and eight years later, Google News is still available in Spain, as well as in more than 125 countries and more than 40 languages. Both in the web version and in the specific app, coming soon Android And iOS, As evidenced by a press release issued by the company.

How Google News works

Google He also identifies the service as a “key tool in the fight against disinformation” and points out that with it you can find more local stories in addition to being informed about the latest national and international news.

It also describes in detail how it works and reiterates that the system benefits both readers and publishers. “Google News directs readers to publishers’ websites when they click on links; Which helps drive traffic to their content where they can show ads and encourage readers to subscribe, ”he said.

For its part, Google took advantage of the incident and presented a survey conducted in April 2021, which showed that News consumption in Spain declined when Google News was shut down in the country; Which means a 10% reduction in traffic to Spanish publishing.

This is the new Google News interface

To provide a more personalized service and to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Google has redesigned the look and feel of the platform. Stands out among these changes Reorganization of certain owners, As it happens in the local news.

This section is now at the top of the page, above the Weather Service weather.com, Along with other sections such as Peru (or the country where the user is located), International, Economy, Sports, Science and Technology, Leisure and Health.

Users can also customize topics of interest to them for faster access to certain news. For example, in the section To install May contain The fonts you want to hide from the home page, Also interface theme (light or dark).

While in the section ‘For you’ The suggested content is presented in the tab based on the interests of the user and their previous searches ‘Included’ Interesting topics can be added, follow the locations so that the section can recommend related news Place, sources and media.

Also in this section, Searches and reference information can be saved for later quick access. Google, on the other hand, has included data verification in Google News redesign to offer more information about the news and its context.

This way, in addition to the titles, it will be possible to view the information verified and qualified by Organizations that publish independent media or sources that have published the news.

The source of the published data, as well as other contributions related to this news can be found in the section ‘About’ From each of these items.

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