Easy ways to submit your Blogger Site on Google News Publisher and get approved

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Introduction: In the vast landscape of online content, being recognized by Google News Publisher is a coveted achievement for many bloggers and website owners. The allure of faster indexing and increased visibility in Google Search Console makes it an attractive option for content creators. However, the process of submitting your Blogger site to Google News Publisher and getting approved can sometimes be confusing and daunting. Today's article is basically a prequel of that write-up and sequel of indexing your Blogger website (if you don't know how to index your site, take a glance!). I have already promised there that I won't let all of your hard works go in vain after writing all those valuable contents and not being able to put there for people. I have made a draft of the solutions and share very shortly. But today's content mainly talks about one of those solutions of highlighting your works through Google even if you can't index it, through Google News Publisher Center to maximize your chances of approval and enhance your online presence.

What is Google News Publisher: Before we dive into the submission process, let's understand what what is Google News? It's basically "the news" icon, in between "everything" and "picture" when you search anything on Google. It is a comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated and operated by Google Inc. from thousands of news or news from various publications and updates according to a specific algorithm. So, if your articles don't get indexed or rank first in general searches, you can still stand out among other websites by simply publishing your one here. There's a high chance that your articles will get indexed more & quickly after getting approved there. Being featured on Google News can significantly boost your site's visibility and attract targeted traffic, leading to increased readership and potential monetization opportunities.

Create High-Quality Content: One of the crucial factors in getting your Blogger site approved by Google News Publisher is to consistently produce high-quality content. Google emphasizes originality, accuracy and relevance in the articles it features. Ensure that your content adheres to journalistic standards, providing valuable insights, unique perspectives and reliable information. Invest time in thorough research, fact-checking and meticulous editing to elevate the overall quality of your posts. 

Meet Google News Publisher Guidelines: Google has specific guidelines for content eligibility. TO increase your chances of approval, familiarize yourself with these guidelines and tailor your content accordingly. Some key points to consider are, Unique and informative content, Relevant and timely information, Clear attribution and ownership, User-friendly website design etc.

Implement Structured Data Markup: Structured data markup enhances your content's visibility and chances of being featured on Google News. By implementing schema.org markup on your Blogger site, you provide additional context to search engines about your content, enabling them to better understand and categorize your articles. Use appropriate markup for news articles, including article headlines, publication dates, authors and relevant keywords.  

Focus on News-Specific SEO Techniques: To improve your chances of getting indexed and approved by Google News Publisher, it's crucial to optimize your content using news-specific SEO techniques. Some key practices include, Headlines and meta tags, URL structure, XML sitemap, Internal linking etc. 

Submitting Your Blogger Site to Google News Publisher: Once you have implemented the above steps, it's time to submit your Blogger site to Google News Publisher. The process is a little lengthy but I'll try to explain it in 6 easy steps below. So, bear with me & let's begin!

1. Simply search for "Google Publisher Center", click on the first result which will take you to the main page. Click on Add publication on left-upper hand side, and a box will appear with Publication name (you can put your page name here), Primary website property (put your website URL) and location. Then click on Add publication to move forward.

2. Your publication name will be added & now click on Publication Settings. The next dialogue box will require you to put your Publication Name again, followed by your primary language (keep it English if you write for general people worldwide) and location (few people prefer keeping it United States to get early approvals, but I got mine with Bangladesh too). Move on then

3. Next box will ask you to click on verify for your website (it will be instantly verified) and put your website URL, Additional website property URLs (I kept it blank as I don't have any), and contacts (you can keep your same Gmail account here). Click save and move on to the page where you have to provide 3 kind of logos (A square, 1 light colored rectangular and 1 dark colored rectangular). I create all the designs from Canva. After this, you can keep your fonts as Arial and click save and next to move forward.

4. At this page, click on Google News >  Basic information > Fill up Publication Category and keep other things as it is to click next.(Select the most relevant category. I chose Special Interest as I talk about pretty much everything 👽)

5. From Sections, click on New Section. Next page is very important where you have to provide a Title for your sections (I kept mine as 'My Adventures'), RSS URL (I'm explaining it down separately) , keep your View Access to anyone and click Next.

Now, regarding finding the RSS URL, go to home Homepage of website, press CTRL+U and a page will appear with codes. Nothing to worry much about here. Press CTRL+F, write rss and you'll find a link like as shown below. Copy upto "/default" (excluding the question mark and onwards) and paste it in the RSS URL section as mentioned above.

6. Click on Save in the new page, keep things unchanged to press Next. In the next page, press "Reload" button and do it until you see all your contents in the Preview. Once you're done with doing this, now click "Review", provide your name, email, title of your website, keep an organization name (I kept Fahadventure), accept the terms and conditions and finally choose "Publish"

Conclusion: Congratulations! You have done all the hard works successfully and keep checking until the "In Review" changes to "Live" ( they might say to wait for 2/3 weeks but I got approved in just 5 days and you'll see all your articles published right-hand side! If you've done and followed each step exactly and correctly as I mentioned, you're on your way to getting approval very soon! Enjoy these intermediary moments because good days are coming! 🤩

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See you soon again with more knowledge to share. Till then, KEEP PUBLISHING!