After almost three and a half years, Google News officially has emerged from beta-testing mode.
Krishna Bharat announced the move on Google’s Blog.
The latest enhancement is a personalized news recommendation engine, which uses Google’s personalized search technology to suggest news stories based, in part, on other stories that a reader has clicked on.
Bharat writes:
“All of this is done automatically using algorithms. For example, we might recommend news stories to you that many other users have read, especially when you and they have read similar stories in the past. We’ve also added a section to show you the most popular stories in the Google News edition you are viewing (e.g., U.S.). Now you can see the top stories being published by editors across the web, as well as other stories popular with readers, plus topics that you track or are interested in — all on one page.”
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