Quantity Is Quality When it Comes to News

Surprising as it might sound, that's not true, at least not according to Google News. I might beg to differ, as I have learned that information is never enough to spare, even if it is on little trivial things, like the latest gossip about a TV star dating who he/she shouldn't. It greatly enhances your image in that particularly interested about it target group's eyes and by that your social life flourishes.

Well, Google News has a point to make, showcasing all its latest updates. It is a professional news site that doesn't promote just any story, but The Story and it's not about the latest one published, but about the latest update on the most important piece of news. Or, in their words, "One example [of the features released] we recently released is a new algorithm to help determine the most recent update to a story. In other words, it lets us find something new that's been added to a breaking story. So instead of just seeing the most recent publishing activity for a breaking story, we highlight the sources which brought you the information in the first place. Once there's new information from another source, we update our results so you get any new developments to the story."

Another update included is the recognition of the importance of local context in a story. Namely, the closer a source is to the breaking point of its story, if I may dramatize it a little, the higher the chances of it doing original reporting and thus having the fastest updates. It's just simple thinking, actually.

They say that there are many more updates on the way, or already in use, but that the mystery of the "better experience" that they provide must remain partly shrouded in a veil of not knowing. I say otherwise, I need that information, too.