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Posted by: TechnologyExpert 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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As of Wednesday, Google's added a new feature to its news page: local news. To set it up, go to news.google.com, scroll down until you find the edit box as shown above, enter the City, State or Zip Code, and it'll create a section on your news page devoted to that locality, as well as putting an entry in the sidebar.

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    engineer6 months, 3 weeks ago

    Good to know!!

    thanks TE

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      torreszaaa3 months ago

      According to Google, they find local news not just by looking at the location of the source, but by scanning every word in the story to determine its relevance to your chosen locality. Sounds a bit like the way the put up contextual ads http://tax-attorney-guides.com

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