Slobodan Manic

Dragan Nikolic

Alpha Brand Media

<p>In September 2012, Google announced “news_keywords” meta tag which is intended to help Google News to properly classify content and make it more discoverable for users.</p>
<p>This plugin picks your posts’ tags and uses them to generate “news_keywords” meta tag. No need to set up anything, it’s all done automatically. If a post has no tags Google News Keywords meta tag will not be displayed. You can use up to ten Google News keywords, so don’t go too tag happy.</p>
<p>Read more about Google News Keywords meta tag here:</p>
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<li><a href="http://thematosoup.com/reviews/google-news-keywords-from-tags-free-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Add Google News Keywords to WordPress Posts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-announces-news-keywords-metatag-133759" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Announces A Meta Keywords Tag Just For News Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-newly-hatched-way-to-tag-your-news.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Announcement post at Google News Blog</a></li>
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<h3>Credits</h3>
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Google News Keywords from Tags

Google News Keywords from Tags uses your post tags to insert Google News keywords meta tag to your posts.

Webmaster Net

Oliver Krautscheid (oliversk)

<p>I looked for a plugin the other day to generate a proper Google News sitemap. Unfortunately, most of them were either not working, premium plugins or too bloated.<br />
After looking for a good while and testing a handful of plugins, I set out to make a plugin that is compatible with recent Google News additions, including the possibility to specify many parameters manually.</p>
<p>I hope to maintain this plugin throughout 2014 and 2015 and add a few more features. If there are any bugs please report them so they can be fixed with the next release.</p>
<h4>Some of the new features</h4>
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<li>Provide publication name manually – if you don’t want it to be your Homepage name</li>
<li>Provide site language using Google’s language codes</li>
<li>Provide related stock tickers manually</li>
<li>Rather than excluding categories, this plugin allows you to include categories only</li>
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<h4>Why You Should Include Only A Few Categories</h4>
<p>Google is very picky about what sites they include. If you create a sitemap that is fetching content from your entire site, you won’t get accepted.</p>
<p>It is a far better idea to create a “News” and “Opinion Piece” category</p>
<h4>What features will you add in the next version</h4>
<p>Next on the list are additional genres: Opinion Piece, Op/Ed and other genres accepted by Google.</p>
<h4>How do I avoid my blog from dropping out of Google News</h4>
<p>For more info, check out the following article:</p>
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<li>[Avoiding Google News Pitfalls] (https://www.webmaster.net/one-surefire-way-of-blocking-your-news-posts-from-getting-indexed-into-google-news-from-your-wp-blog/). </li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/news/publisher/answer/74288?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Google News Sitemap Guidelines</a>.</li>
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Working News Sitemap Generator For Google News (2015)

Liteweight sitemap generator for Google News that is actually working and easier to use than any of the existing plugins.

Google News Keywords from Tags vs Working News Sitemap Generator For Google News (2015)