Top News Sites at Google News? Ask Newsknife

About Newsknife: Every month we rate the world's top news sites for quality (how), to help news sites improve their performance at Google News.

Ratings @July 1


We rate 45 sites for coverage of the Iran elections

Newsknife monitors the main Google News site, and the changes there abound. Imagine Wikipedia as a top-ranked news site. More...

Plus 33 top Iran election headlines in date order

Plus see our detailed June ratings

Site last updated: July 3, 2009.

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* Individual site profiles
* Tips for Google success
* Google trend watch

SITE PROFILES
Newsknife brings all our information on each news site together in a convenient in-depth Site Profile, including indicating shifts in site performance.

See a sample profile here. See all the profiles in the Members' Area.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS AT GOOGLE NEWS
We link to information that could improve your site's ratings at Google News. (Updated February 2009.) More...

We recommend the official Google News blog

GOOGLE TREND WATCH We compare the performance of news sites over time to see if we can spot changes in fortune. Maybe Google News has changed its relevance algorithm? (Updated October 2008) More...

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* Launched - our Relevance Ratings
* The joys of "front page" Relevance

* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2008
* Feb - 179 world news regions
* Mar - Top credit crunch headlines
* Apr - Changes at Google News
* May - Obama: the first 100 days
* June - New Google News subpages

Archived ratings
2008:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2007
* Feb - Super Tuesday special
* Mar - Blogs at Google News
* Apr - Iraq news over 5 years
* May - Top U.S. newspaper sites
* June - Myanmar + China disasters
* July - Hyperlocal @ Google News
* Aug - McCain/Obama@Google News
* Sep - TV & radio news sites
* Oct - AP's first year at Google News
* Nov - US election special
* Top News Sites of 2008
2007:
* Jan - Strong newcomers in 2006
* Feb - Iraq debate
* Mar - Google Algorithm update
* Apr - Top US states news sources
* May - Virginia Tech world reports
* June - Top headlines
* July - Environment news resource
* Aug - Major sites - since 2004
* Sep - pre-wire services benchmark
* Oct - Wire services first month
* Nov - Wire services second month
* Top News Sites of 2007
2006:
* Jan - Significant rating fluctuations
* Feb - Forbes still strong
* Mar - Stable sites. Google changes
* Apr - New sites each month
* May - ABC News tops all ratings
* June - Google News subpage heroes
* July - 12 month trends
* Aug - Forbes ruled July
* Sep - Lebanon-Israel conflict
* Oct - 100 top U.S. newspaper sites
* Nov - U.S. election week, 2006
* Top News Sites of 2006
2005:
* Forbes fantastic December
* Top news sites of 2005
* London bombings
* Africa
* Putin, Russia, ex-USSR
* The Papal Succession
* Lebanon-Syria unrest
* George Bush in Europe
* The Iraq election

"GOOGLE NEWS SUCCESS TIP"

Check out the in-depth site profiles in Newsknife's Members' Area.
You'll see individual listings we found at Google News for your site (and competing sites) last month.
Click through to stories that ranked highly and poorly, and see if you can figure what works at Google News and what doesn't, (reporter attribution? layout? story length?).
Try publishing a few stories incorporating what you think might work. Newsknife could help by monitoring Google News to see if your "new look" stories rate higher than expected.

More tips...

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Top-rated sites for Iran election coverage

1 Associated Press
2 Times Online
3 Los Angeles Times
4 Voice of America
5 New York Times
10 Wikipedia: Iranian
     election protests

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