News SEO Digest's Latest Updates [July 30,2024]

John Shehata

Wed, 31 July 2024

AI Overviews & SEO: What's Changing in Search This Week

Plus: Discover how Google's updates could impact your rankings and visibility.

Written by John Shehata

CEO, Founder of NewzDash, GDdash

John Shehata is the CEO and Founder of NewzDash (Real-Time News SEO Software) & GDdash (Google Discover Analytics and Optimization), founder of NESS (News and Editorial SEO Summit), and the former Vice President of Audience Development Strategy at Condé Nast overseeing SEO, Social Media Strategy, Email Strategy & Operations for 16 premium brands (Wired, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, etc.).

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An Analysis of AI Overview Visibility in Google Search for Trending News

By John Shehata

Thu, 25 July 2024

In the traditional search landscape, users typically encountered a list of organic search results, occasionally accompanied by featured snippets, knowledge panels, or news carousels. This structure allowed users to browse through various sources and click on the ones that seemed most relevant or trustworthy to them. Publishers and SEO professionals focused on optimizing content to appear prominently within these organic listings, primarily targeting Top Stories (News Box) and as a way to capture a prime spot on the results page.

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Introducing Essential Reports

Simpler is Better!!

We've heard your feedback loud and clear – navigating the abundance of reports in NewzDash could be a challenge. That's why we're thrilled to introduce Essential Reports, a streamlined set of dashboards designed to make your daily news intelligence tasks easier and more efficient.

Did You Know, 35% of all NewzDash features were inspired by clients' feedback!

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CEO, Founder of NewzDash, GDdash

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Search Visibility

Search Visibility: A Deeper Dive

Our main metric to determine top ranking news sites in Top Stories and other SERP features (Organic Results, Videos, etc.) is Search Visibility.

Search Visibility is a crucial SEO metric that represents the estimated percentage of clicks (traffic) a website receives from its rankings for a particular keyword or set of keywords during a specific period of time. It is a measure of how visible a website is in search engine results pages (SERPs) for specific queries.

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Google Leak: 71 News SEO Ranking Factors Revealed & Impact on News Publishers

By John Shehata

Tue, 04 June 2024

Google's accidental leak of its search algorithm documentation is a bombshell for the news industry. While Google - and some SEOs - downplays the significance, this unprecedented reveal gives us a rare peek into the inner workings of how news content gets ranked.

In this comprehensive guide, we'll break down the key takeaways from the leak, focusing on the 71 ranking factors that directly impact news publishers. But more than that, we'll give you actionable strategies to not just survive, but thrive, in this new SEO landscape.

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Written by John Shehata

CEO, Founder of NewzDash, GDdash

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Google Search API Leak, AI Over View and Impact on News Publishers with Mike King

By John Shehata

Mon, 03 June 2024

Topic: Google Search API Leak, AI Over View and Impact on News Publishers with Mike King
Host: John Shehata
Panel: Mike King
Time: Wednesday, June 12th at 10am EST
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Google Search API Leak, AI Overview and Impact on News Publishers
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New UX

Sun, 08 June 2025

Welcome to our latest new UX Update, it is a complete revamp of our code and design. More updates will be added here.

Mathias Noyez - DPG Media

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We have been using Newzdash at DPG Media for almost 2 years now, and it has become a vital part of our workflow.
Every morning begins with a first look at the content briefing, latest trends, and competitor rankings. Throughout the day, our SEO-team and editors rely on automated emails and Slack messages to remain informed on the trends. It's the only software that can show how we did on major events and breaking news in top stories or Google News. The Newzdash team also listens to your feedback and adds new features regularly.

Paul Shaphiro

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NewzDash is the best tool on the market for understanding and optimizing for Google News. Its obvious in its design that it was made by people who understand Google News SEO inside and out.

Dele Aro

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NewzDash is a really useful tool for News Publishers offering insight into publisher visibility in Google News, Search, and Top Stories. Not having to manually track my keywords for big events or simply ongoing keywords we want to track saves time us time, enabling our team to commit to working on more important projects. The data we collect with NewzDash has helped inspire our teams from a content perspective and offer a great look back at how we and competitors have performed for events, newsworthy moments, and more.

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