14 DAY TRIAL // Google News, the news aggregator provided by the search giant, just got bumped up a notch with a new interface for the story pages, which you can see when you click the "all news articles" link of each cluster of items associated with a single event. Now this section will practically be a group of different websites, blogs, videos and photos.
These pages are composed of various pieces of information about a specific subject gathered from different sources and indexed in Google News. "Depending on the most recent coverage and materials available for a given story, the page features top articles, quotes from the people in the story, and posts from news blogs. You'll also find image thumbnails, videos, articles from sources based near the story, and a timeline of articles to trace media coverage of the story," explained David Ganzhorn and Corrie Scalisi, software engineers. The links will lead directly to the source site and the videos will be able to be played on the given page.
Essentially, what the Mountain View company has focused on is offering end users a plethora of different perspectives focused on news stories. In this regard, Google also manages to highlight additional sources for current events. The improvement is intended to give the user access to all of the sides to the story, enabling him to be well informed.
The fact that it groups up videos and links to consecrated sources but also to blogs that also have personal opinions can only help. It is said that knowledge is power, and what better way to get it but by gathering information from various sources and analyzing it. But of course, the search giant is not stopping here. Google News will continue to evolve and grow, tailoring the content to end users.