February 27th, 2013
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An inside look at Google's news-ranking algorithm

Computerworld unearthed a patent application filed by Google that could provide some insight into how Google News ranks stories.  

Since it was launched in 2002, Google News has become the largest aggregator of news content on the Web. The site, which is completely computer-generated, collects and display headlines from thousands of news sources around the world.

The metrics cited in the patent application include: the number of articles produced by a news organization during a given time period; the average length of an article from a news source; and the importance of coverage from the news source.

Other metrics include a breaking news score, usage patterns, human opinion, circulation statistics and the size of the staff associated with a particular news operation.

Google hasn’t commented on the details in the patent. 

Read more on Computerworld.

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