Search Engine Optimization Fundamentals | Stacey Morgan Smith

Google continues to revolutionize the way we get information.

I’ve been a reliable reader of the Washington Post for close to 15 years. Home delivery, read it each morning on Metro…even drove 20 miles to pick it up weekly (at a huge markup) when I lived in Central Virginia. Moving back to Northern Virginia 3 years ago, the very first thing I did was go online and order a 7-days-a-week subscription.

Now I’m faced with recycling papers I can’t find time to read. Google, the Post and the NY Times are making it easier for me to stay on top of the issues.

According to the article in yesterdays’ Washington Post, the three entities have created Living Stories. As mentioned on the page, “Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL. You can now quickly navigate between news articles, opinion pieces and features without long waits for pages to load.”

I can quickly scan top headlines and read those that interest me.

Clicking a link takes me to a full page of information about that topic.

I find that I can quickly and easily read articles of interest, and I plan to visit the page regularly. What do you think? Can Google save newspapers?

– Stacey Morgan Smith