Google Inc. launched Google News way back on September 22, 2002 and last Saturday the search engine giant celebrated the tenth anniversary of Google News.
The company introduced Google News soon after the 9/11 attacks and the main purpose was to facilitate its users to search for the news with different perspectives and opinions. At present, the service is offered in 72 editions in 30 languages and according to the company; Google News is visited by approximately one billion people every week.
Distinguished Scientist and Founder of Google News, Krishna Bharat stated in a blog post that as the service was extended across the globe, new features like Editors’ Picks, Local News, Authorship and Social Discussions were added to the service. He further said that the company kept an eye on the service quality and at the same time the company’s engineers worked to enhance the service.
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