Sergii Bondarenko

Plugin needed for generating XML sitemap for sending it to Google News. It analyzes the publication by date and shows web-form with next options if it is appropriate:
<ul>
<li>add this post to sitemap or not;</li>
<li>access type for reading;</li>
<li>genres of publication;</li>
<li>language, in which the article is written;</li>
<li>stock tickers;</li>
<li>geolocation data.</li>
</ul>
Also, plugin having a small tutorial, in which described the information on how to fill the options fields.
In addition, this plugin have the defaults settings, which will be applyed for all new publications.

[Propeople] Google News Sitemap

Basic XML sitemap generator for submission to Google News.

Gary Illyes

This is a Beta release. If you find a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to mail the developer.
In order to have your website included in Google News, you will have to <a href="http://www.google.com/support/news/bin/static.py?page=contact_policy.cs" rel="nofollow ugc">suggest it for inclusion</a> first.
Some features:
<ul>
<li>Set default values on a dedicated settings page</li>
<li>Set genre, access, language on per article basis</li>
<li>Exclude articles from the sitemap</li>
<li>Ping Webmaster Tools when sitemap is updated</li>
</ul>
Google News related questions? Find answers in the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/news?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Google News Help Forum</a>

Google XML News Sitemap plugin

This is a Beta release. If you find a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to mail the developer.

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