\\ Re: <nettime> Chuck0: Google News rejects Infoshop News; Indymedia and blogs next?

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>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:35:25 -0500
>From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
>To: LBO-talk
>Subject: Google News rejects Infoshop News; Indymedia and blogs next?
>
>Google News rejects Infoshop News; Indymedia and blogs next?
>
>from Chuck0
>March 21, 2003
>
>Several days ago I issued a call on Infoshop News for people to email 
>Google News (http://news.google.com/), asking that this popular search 
>service index Infoshop News like it was doing several months ago. One of 
>Infoshop News' many readers and supporters sent Google News an email and 
>got back a response which is listed below. It has become apparent that 
>Google News is inventing excuses to not index popular alternative news 
>websites, including Infoshop News. Google News may claim that they offer 
>access to over 4500 sources of news, but their policy in regards to 
>Infoshop News indicates that popular alternative news websites need not 
>be indexed.
>
>Shortly after Google announced their fancy news service that was 
>trumpeted as being put together by fancy computer programs, I sent them 
>an email asking that Infoshop New be included in their indexing. After 
>they responded that they couldn't because of "technical reasons," I 
>replied with an email explaining Infoshop News and even provided them 
>with the RSS/RDF file for the website (this is an automated syndicated 
>newsfeed updated three times daily.) Google News started indexing 
>Infoshop News and I assumed that this was still happening until I 
>conducted several test searches on Google News a few weeks ago.
>
>It's not clear that the response from Google printed below represents 
>official Google policy. If it does, it would mean that Indymedia, as 
>well as many other news websites and blogs on the web would not be 
>indexed. Not only would this again reinforce the media monopoly, but 
>Google users would lose access to the exciting phenomenon of independent 
>news publishing on the Internet.
>
>If you take this rejection letter seriously, there are several problems 
>with it. First of all, the articles on Infoshop News are not all 
>produced by one person. Secondly, we don't have any paid staff, but we 
>feature original content and content from mainstream and alternative 
>news sources. And as many Infoshop News regulars know, I serve very much 
>as a staff editor for Infoshop News.
>
>If you suggest Infoshop News and independent news websites like 
>Indymedia, please send an email of support to:
>news-feedback at google.com <mailto:news-feedback at google.com>
>
>If you are interested in signing a letter of support, if Google News 
>continues their stubborness, please send me an email.
>
>