Google News sitemap
A specialised sitemap containing only articles published in the last two days, using the news namespace to speed discovery for Google News…
SERP FeaturesNews carousel
Top stories
A carousel of recent news articles on the SERP, drawn from sites Google's news systems consider eligible, weighted heavily toward freshness and authority.
In full
There is no separate Google News submission process; eligibility follows from meeting Google News content policies and being indexed normally. Speed of indexing matters, which is why news sitemaps and clean, fast article templates are standard for publishers. Google has also introduced Preferred Sources, letting users choose outlets they want to see more of in Top stories.
Example
A regional outlet's coverage of a local incident enters Top stories within twenty minutes of publication.
Related terms
Freshness systems (QDF)
Google's systems that boost recent content for queries where recency matters, such as breaking news, sports scores or evolving topics.
SERP
The page a search engine returns for a query, combining organic results with ads, rich results, AI-generated answers and vertical modules.
Preferred Sources
A Google Search feature letting users select news outlets they want to see more prominently in Top stories and a dedicated section of…
Discussions and forums
A SERP feature surfacing threads from forums, Q&A sites and social communities, supported by DiscussionForumPosting and QAPage structured…