I got off the plane in Lincoln and I had a text message from Dillsmack saying there was a video online of the bridge collapsing. I hit Google News and searched for it… The first thing I typed in was Minneapolis video and this is what I got:
Following the first listing you get this page. Nice use of every possible Google Adsense link but no video.
Here is the second link which claims to be a Fox News Site. As you can see above Google thinks its authoritative.
So ok Google you say you don’t allow search listings in search listings but you allow these bullshit news sites in Google news that are nothing but made for Adsense sites?
and no I am not saying Google is intentionally profiting from this tragedy.
EDIT:
Found the video here:
http://www.i35bridgevideo.com/
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http://www.kare11.com has pretty good coverage, with a decent amount of video.
The youtube link of the alleged video is here.
http://www.i35bridgevideo.com/
Funny you should mention that, I was griping to my wife about the same thing.
Couldn’t find the darn video but found plenty of MFA…umm..”News sites”.
Don
LOl Shoe whats with the Janet Jackson Tab in
http://myskitch.com/shoemoney/minneapolis_video_-_google_news-20070802-151154/
Maybe I should open a “news” site
that is just wrong! I understand it will be a sudden hot search but to flip it into a money maker is just bad karma
*busted* =(
I guess all the news agencies should shut down then
lol..
Hopefully Dr. Shoemoney doesn’t read this blog.
I would go with Kare11 or WCCO. Fox News has never been very good IMO.
surely fox is reporting it was a suspected illegal alien terrorist that caused this and who was let in the country by a soft on terror liberal by now.
just shows you people will do anything to make a buck anymore.
*LOL* now that made me laugh…. as i didn’t notice it at first.
in haXor talk you just got pwned!
Lets see the link to that Video!
lol, “news arbitrage”
aahhh trust someone to make money out of it as soon as possible
get em shoemoney!
A lot of news sites are using Adsense Ads and other means of earnings now. Thanks for sharing the video link
I’ve been noticing as well that Google news needs some serious improvement. The sources are crap for a lot of major stories. It seems that the less publicized news stories have better sources indexed. Weird :-S
Unfortunately, this is the case with many, many articles – not just the bridge collapse. News sites are notoriously designed like crap.
I aswell am disappointed with google news’ quality level – I’m pretty sure you have to be a member of either google adsense and/or
doubleclickgoogle to get into the “google news feed” no?wow that’s a nice adsense layout to learn from!
I never realize Google News could have used such site as news… Looks like a good news for us who want to create a news site which is searchable from Google News now.
should have just linked directly to the youtube video
Do they just hook up to random feeds? How do you get listed in Google News?
lol Janet Jackson…
I wonder how much the owner of the actual video site is making right now….
Where’d they get this video? Right place at the right time, or is this camera some sort of permanent security mounted camera?
it’s a security camera
aaaaaaaaaaahahahaha that’s awesome
at least it’s not michael
You have to request it and then show that you’re big enough, people send in petitions, etc. it’s a drawn out process
Google wants more money. Or may be the rison is a freshness of indexed content: according to my experience Google index sites with adsense ads more often than others.
I don’t even use G news anymore. I actually find Yahoo news better.
I just watched the video and its too scary.
@Chris, thats something to think about
Who cares even if its mikael.
thanks for the link even though it can be tough to watch…
You should probably link directly to the Google Video.
NO ONE should profit from this event. People have lost their lives.
must be some kind of security cam
Pretty sad when someones got a site with adsense up already for it.
I doubt anyone is clicking the links
Wonder if there is a better video that will surface soon
Wait, somebody actually has a domain about the bridge crash and is running adsense ads at the top? Kinda shady…
I can remember when Google News had just a few news sites indexed and they verified and continued to verify each one. THe quality back then was really great but the speed at which they found new stories was not as good.
I think Google should put resources towards the qualty of sites indexed on Google News.
Someone actually has done that? IF they have thats horrible.
they probably got the template in que just waiting for the next hot story to crank out a page on.
With a ll of these cameras in the world and the goverment watching our every move seemingly, I would think they would have more footage than just a security camera. But it’s still a frightening video.
They don’t waste time in getting a website devoted to it tough huh? The only thing is, they won’t make long-term money from it.
It is sad that Google news doesn’t seem to check quality now. It used to be awesome.
lol thats funny!
In America, someone always profits. Ethics have been replaced by profit margins.
Google behaves realy strange sometimes. I am pushed away from first position by sites which have review of my site or using keywords with link to my site.
I think that Google would rather direct you to sites where Adsense scripts would be running.. that’s why you got what you got..
That thought just came to my mind, too.
Yeah, it’s rather adsense sites than news sites.
It really worked great in the beginning, but now there’s far better sources.
If they continue running their business like that, it’s the best thing we can happen. Cause this way competitors get a serious chance to enter the market…
Can’t believe that dude made a website out of it…
Google need money and google is greedy
Did you even read the post at all about it being a FAKE fox site
This video is still making the rounds. I was happy to read that the death toll was not as high as once thought…