Newspapers could see a drop in traffic redirected to their websites from Google News after a redesign of the site that will mean newswire stories carried by other publishers no longer show up in search findings.

Agreements between Google and four news agencies will also allow Google News to carry full stories on its own site for the first time, rather than its current practice of carrying a headline and a few snippets of text but sending readers to publishers' sites for the full story.

Full story: msnbc.msn.com 

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SAN FRANCISCO: Google is giving the subjects of news reports a way to comment on articles written about them.

The company this week introduced an experimental feature on its Google News Web site in the United States to allow any person mentioned in a news report that is linked there to submit a written response.

A Google employee then must verify the authenticity of the e-mail response. Methods include independently tracking down the subject's contact information and calling that person directly, or checking the author's e-mail address and phone number against information on a company or organization Web site.

Full article: the International Herald Tribune 

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