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Links are often used in blogging to provide reference to a point or a hat tip, which is why one of the latest things Google is up to could provide an excellent resource for bloggers. Google is archiving print newspapers, and not just new ones. They’re going back in history.
Not only will this provide great linking material for more interesting blog posts, it could open up a plethora of resources to draw inspiration from in the first place.
We all know that writer’s block is a problem that commonly plagues bloggers, particularly those trying to earn some income from their efforts. The need for interesting content is a constant one, and thanks to Google the Search Giant, the inspiration is going to flow more rapidly than ever, I don’t care what niche you’re in.
If Google truly gets anywhere close to the number of newspaper publications even in America, let alone the entire world, into its archives, there are going to be so many interesting subjects out there worth (at least to somebody) discussing. There’s going to be a lot of information for all audiences.
All of the small town news items that never quite make it to national news, “from revolutions and politics to fashion to local weather or high school football scores,” as Google itself says. They’re even including all of the photographs, headlines, articles, and advertisements from these publications. There’s got to be plenty of fuel for advertising and photography blogs alone right there.
What I’m really getting at, is that there is a ton of information on the Internet waiting to be blogged about, but Google is bringing a great deal of the offline information online too, and that is a whole lot of information, stories, and history. Google even has North America’s oldest newspaper as a partner. It’s publication dates back 244 years!
I think you see my point. From now on, if you are suffering from blog writer’s block, you’re not looking for a topic hard enough. For more on Google’s latest project, I wrote this piece for WebProNews.
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Wow! And I thought the whole “Google Books” archive was going to be hard to do… this will be insane!
I can’t imagine it being an easy task.
Okay sorry to sound so confused but, in laymen terms, are you saying that Google is going to re-type each and every publication from the oldest newspaper in North America? Okay that’s going to be very interesting to see.
To be honest, I’m not sure exactly what their strategy is for getting all of this stuff digitized. They must be scanning it in, because they say they’re including all the pictures and ads and everything, but making them searchable is where the tricky part would come in. I’m not entirely clear on how they are going about this.
Lol, I dont think it will be easy.
So can I1 It always seemed to me that it is too hard
google keeps surprising us , I wouldn’t be amazed if they start pulling information for the old archives , a plan is probably on place ..
This is one development that will make life so much easier for so many diverse users like writers, bloggers, researchers, students etc. A great development. Google does come up with winners often don’t they?
Yes, for as much criticism as the company endures, you have to give them credit for some magnificent ideas.
Woh, this is a big project. It seems the book may soon no longer be needed!
Sony recently released a digital iBook which can store thousands of novels.
Will these papers be searchable? If so the amount of data on a Google search will be unimagineable.
John
This is great! I have been waiting for someone to start posting archived newspapers.
If the pages are searchable it will change the way students all over the world do research papers and it will improve blogging and discussion.
This is a great idea. There are massive amounts of old printed articles that Google can put to use. This is a very clever idea on their behalf. It will be like a library’s newspaper archives, yet easy to reference from your own home.
Wow, this is awesome. It’s like having historic print media library just a click away. This is one of Google’s best ideas. I’ll start digging in their archives right away
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