[IMC-US] google news

Thu May 26 11:42:30 CDT 2005

hi,

does someone have a summary of all the imcs in the u.s. (and beyond) who get picked up by google news?  can we approach google a bit more wholistically rather than piecemeal.  it seems that might make more sense.  surely they are working with some criteria that appears to be invisible to us.  

oneworld.net picks up indymedia stories especially from latin america all the time.  they realize the value of the content and the reporting and the information being provided and they highlight it on their front pages.  i'm on their notification list (for the past 5 years) so i see how often it happens.  

i just think it would be helpful to gather a bit more information on which imcs currently are on google news (sf imc is if i'm not mistaken - at least i remember the conversation when they were in "discussions" with them) and figure out their criteria and build a small case and write it up and present it to them with some reasons why this makes sense to them and for us and to the people seeking information on google news.

just a thought.  maybe this has already been done and this is what people from individual imcs have been doing.

love
sheri

> -----Original Message-----
> From: max [mailto:max at michiganimc.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 03:25 PM
> To: 'Working Group for IMC-US.', 'Chris Anderson'
> Cc: 'Working Group for IMC-US.', 'imc'
> Subject: Re: [IMC-US] [Fwd: Re: [#26244569] Please add San Diego	Independent	Media Center]
> 
> google news is a mystery to me also. they:ve basically just stopped responding
> to my emails. and i:ve been really polite too...
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Chris Anderson <chanders_imc at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > Ask them why they'd put NYC Indy on but not you. I am
> > personally curious to see them justify their response.
> >
> > and show them this link if you want
> >
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=nyc+independent+media+center&btnG=Search+News
> >
> > chris
> >
> > --- lotu5 <lotu5 at resist.ca> wrote:
> > > Hey. I know imc us was talking about doing some work
> > > to get listed
> > > ingoogle news, so I went ahead and sent in an
> > > application for sd
> > > indymedia. Apparently we were rejected, which is
> > > funny because I've seen
> > > crazy right wing shit there and infoshop.org is
> > > listed there.
> > >
> > > I just don't see what criteria we're not fulfilling.
> > > Maybe I should
> > > respond and ask them for more details.
> > >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: Re: [#26244569] Please add San Diego
> > > Independent Media Center
> > > Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:17:17 -0700
> > > From: Google News <source-suggestions at google.com>
> > > To: lotus at indymedia.org
> > >
> > > Hi Lotus,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your suggestion. We apologize for our
> > > delayed response. We
> > > have reviewed sandiego.indymedia.org and cannot
> > > include it in Google
> > > News at this time. We appreciate your willingness to
> > > provide your
> > > articles to us, and we will log your site for future
> > > consideration.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your interest in Google News.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > The Google Team
> > >
> > > Original Message Follows:
> > > ------------------------
> > > From: lotus at indymedia.org
> > > Subject: Please add San Diego Independent Media
> > > Center
> > > Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 21:20:03 -0000
> > >
> > > Hello. I'm a volunteer with San Diego Indymedia.
> > > We're working hard to
> > > provide community access to media in order to get
> > > out more honest and
> > > accurate news from the San Diego/Tijuana region. We
> > > have an editorial
> > > collective that continuously monitors our newswire
> > > to maintain its
> > > accuracy and quality. Our editorial policy can be
> > > found here:
> > >
> > >
> > http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/static/aboutus.shtml
> > >
> > > In addition, members of our organization frequently
> > > report on local events
> > > themselves, including photo, video and audio
> > > coverage.
> > >
> > > The rss feed of our features, selected by our
> > > editorial group based on our
> > > above editorial policy can be found here:
> > >
> > > http://sandiego.indymedia.org/sdimc.rss
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time.
> > >
> > >   lotus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Language: en
> > > NewsLocale: en
> > > IssueType: recommend
> > > SourceURL: http://sandiego.indymedia.org
> > > Associated: associated_yes
> > > Name: lotus
> > >
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