# Google News is starting to suck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920 "2003-04-11T00:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/1 "2003-04-11T00:09:05Z")
I don’t use Google News exclusively, but it is starting to really piss me off. For example, when I checked it today the second article under ‘U.S.’ news was [A recap of which Minnesotan Representatives voted on Amber Alert legislation](http://www.fox29.com/news/story.asp?subsection=local&content_id=1567761) There was no information on the legislation, no comments, no opinions. It was simply a brief article from a Minnesota TV station’s site saying who voted for and against. Being from Baltimore and not knowing any of the named Representatives, I question why this was put in the U.S. news category, especially on the top of the front page. I also came across two links which lead to “you must sign up to read this article” sites. Of course I’ll never use these sites again so I’m not going to sign up. Now, I think Google News isn’t moderated but it still isn’t a good excuse. It’s becoming less reliable every day. Some headlines are so mundane and unimportant it makes me wonder how it reached such a high spot on the site, and some sights are so blatantly bias or unappealing I don’t see how they expect the average joe to go to the link. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/2 "2003-04-11T00:53:29Z")
Well, next month, don’t send them your payment. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/3 "2003-04-11T00:58:11Z")
I think Google news is the coolest thing since sliced bread. It’s been 6 months at least since I’ve even bothered looking at other online papers (well, directly anyway; you know what I mean). And it’s been 2 years since I’ve picked up a newspaper or watched the news on tv. I am truly a google news junky. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/4 "2003-04-11T03:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > And it’s been 2 years since I’ve picked up a newspaper or watched the news on tv. No shit! I remember watching news on tv durning the Vietnam war. Can’t say I miss it much. ---
**Author:** ![RobbieFal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/5 "2003-04-11T05:21:46Z")
Google News would rule more if they could put the sites they feature in some sort of directory or something where the homepage of the paper can be searched for by users. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/6 "2003-04-11T05:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Splanky \* > Now, I think Google News isn’t moderated but it still isn’t a good excuse. How about the fact that it’s still in development? Is that a good excuse?[ > [@](#): > > ]([http://news.google.com/help/about\_news\_search.html](http://news.google.com/help/about_news_search.html)) **I just did a search, and I wasn’t happy with the results. Who should feel my wrath?** > > We’re always interested in hearing from our users, especially the ones who have not found what they were expecting. During this beta period, we’re particularly interested in your feedback on what’s working and what’s not. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/7 "2003-04-11T06:29:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Google News would rule more if they could put the sites they feature in some sort of directory or something where the homepage of the paper can be searched for by users. At the bottom of the Google News page are four hyperlinks. The fourth, [News Resources](http://news.google.com/news/) brings up a list of international news agencies. I do not know how close to exhaustive it is regarding the agencies that Google searches on their News page. Google notes that it is incomplete in their disclaimer: > [@](#): > > This list was compiled from Google user suggestions and does not reflect the sources for Google News. If you’d like to suggest a news source for this page or for Google News, please email [news-feedback@google.com](mailto:news-feedback@google.com). ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-is-starting-to-suck/167920/8 "2003-04-11T19:16:19Z")
Oh. Well, that makes sense. Maybe I’ll go and complain to the folks at google so they can improve it.