Having trouble getting listed on Google News
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My friend has a site: http://www.behindthehedges.com/ and is having trouble getting accepted into Google News. I read over the technical guidelines and best practices listed on Google's site. It appears they have everything covered. However, they keep getting rejected.
Any ideas?
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Its' entirely possible that Google doesn't consider the posts newsworthy. Just having the technical markup for News doesn't mean it will be considered such by the search engine.
Paul
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I've installed Yoast News SEO plugin and have configured that but no luck in getting accepted by Google News
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