SEO BizNiche » Google News http://seobizniche.com Search Engine Optimization Advice from the Experts Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Google Disables Commenting in Google News http://seobizniche.com/google/google-disables-commenting-in-google-news/ http://seobizniche.com/google/google-disables-commenting-in-google-news/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:35:16 +0000 SEOBizNiche http://seobizniche.com/general/google-disables-commenting-in-google-news/ Google has disabled a Google News feature that allows personalities featured on the news items to comment on the news stories. When this was announced not so long ago, news media couldnt quite get the idea behind it. Although it received media coverage for its ingenuity, personalities though didnt quite like it, well at least based on the low usage of the said feature.And so, Google probably realized that this is a futile effort at making their Google News service as interactive and social possible, it was then deactivated sometime in May. Unlike the coverage it got when it was launched, Google disabled the feature as quietly as possible.

Quoting official Google statement, Media Decoder reports:

Were always experimenting with ways to make Google News more useful, occasionally, this means we have to re-evaluate our efforts to be sure we focus on features that make the most sense for our users.

What could have gone wrong with this feature? If Google wanted to elicit comments, it should have elicited comments from the users instead of the personalities featured in the news. If you were featured in a news items that runs on Google News, would you even bother commenting on the news item on the site itself?

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