Google News - How to be featured in different countries with same domain

[Koki.Mourao]

Hello,

I am sure I am not the first to go through this but I did not find the answers in the previous Q&As. So, sorry if this question is bit redundant for some folks.

We have a site in English with readers in multiple english speaking countries. How to make www.mysite.com accepted in Google news for US, UK, India, Australia and Canada at the same time? It is currently accepted in the US but, as I stated above, we do have a strong audience in other countries.

I have read about sub-domains, but wouldn't it be considered duplicated content if I had the exact same article in different sub-domains? We are talking about creating 4 copies on mysite.com just to be added to Google News in those specific countries

www.mysite.com/same-article/
uk.mysite.com/same-article/
au.mysite.com/same-article/
in.mysite.com/same-article/
ca.mysite.com/same-article/

Isn't there a better way of having mysite.com included in Google News for all English speaking countries?

[katemorris]

You shouldn't need to duplicate the content to get into Google News across countries. In fact, you should only have to submit once. Google News uses their algorithm to present articles on a topic based on a number of factors. For example, you can see BBC articles in the US if that's the most reputable resource for that topic. But if there are US based publishers writing on the same topic and the user is closer or prefers that publication, that one will show.

The location in your submission is your physical location of your publishing company, not that of who you are targeting. This is what I've seen in checking the forums and with clients. News is more specific to the language of the article, not the location. Relevance, popularity, and language are the strongest factors.

Other similar questions on Google News Forum: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/news/category$3Agoogle-news-publishers$20country

[Koki.Mourao]

OK, I see.... Thank you very much Kate Morris.