Google Computes News Quality
A recently filed patent application suggests that Google is taking steps to promote news produced by major media companies on Google News.
Whenever a newspaper dies, Google turns up on the list of suspects.
The evidence of Google's involvement tends to be sketchy. A close examination of the crime scene typically points to a different villain -- the classified revenue killer known as Craigslist, parasitic news sites that siphon potential ...
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