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News SEO for Publishers & Newsrooms

We get your newsroom into Google News, the Top Stories carousel, and Discover — without slowing down your editorial team. Built by strategists who've migrated a 15-year-old masthead with zero traffic loss.

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Discover Traffic Growth*
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Sitemap Freshness Window
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Traffic Lost on Migration*
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Editorial Equity Preserved*

*Outlook India Discover campaign & The Statesman CMS migration — see Case Study

News SEO Isn't
Slow-and-Steady SEO

Standard SEO optimises for evergreen rankings over months. News SEO optimises for minutes — Google rewards recency, structured publishing, and topical authority within a short window, then moves on to the next story.

That means the levers are different too: news sitemaps refreshed every 48 hours, NewsArticle structured data, byline transparency for E-E-A-T, sub-2-second mobile load times for Top Stories eligibility, and a CMS that never breaks a permalink mid-migration.

We work alongside your editorial desk — not around it — so reporters keep filing on deadline while the technical and structural layer runs quietly underneath.

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Minutes
Not months
3
Discovery surfaces
E-E-A-T
Non-negotiable
Mobile
First, always
Best Result Delivered
+411%
Discover traffic in 6 months — Outlook India

Six Pillars of a News SEO Programme

Everything a modern newsroom needs to earn — and keep — visibility in Google News, Top Stories, and Discover.

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Google News & Publisher Center Setup

Publisher Center verification, content-policy compliance review, and section-page mapping so your masthead is eligible from day one.

  • Search Console + Publisher Center linkup
  • Content policy & masthead audit
  • Category/section eligibility mapping
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News Sitemap & Structured Data

A rolling 48-hour news sitemap and NewsArticle/ReportageNewsArticle JSON-LD implemented directly in your article template — not a bolted-on plugin.

  • <news:news> sitemap, auto-refreshed
  • NewsArticle + Organization schema
  • BreadcrumbList & author markup
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Top Stories & Discover Optimization

Headline and first-paragraph frameworks, image-spec compliance, and social-signal tracking tuned for carousel and feed placement.

  • Headline & dek clarity review
  • 1200px+ image & alt-text standards
  • Evergreen content refresh cadence

Core Web Vitals for Newsrooms

Mobile-first speed audits built for CMS platforms under daily editorial load — because a slow page is invisible in Top Stories regardless of the reporting.

  • Mobile LCP/INP/CLS remediation
  • Ad-tag & third-party script audit
  • CMS-specific performance fixes
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Editorial SEO Enablement

Short, practical training for reporters and desk editors — headline patterns, URL hygiene, and internal linking — so SEO doesn't slow down deadline.

  • Newsroom SEO style-guide
  • Reporter headline workshops
  • CMS pre-publish checklist
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Zero-Loss CMS Migrations

Full 301-redirect mapping and crawl-path preservation for masthead redesigns and platform moves — protecting years of editorial equity.

  • Full legacy URL → new URL redirect map
  • Archive & tag-page preservation
  • Pre/post-migration traffic monitoring

From Audit to Top Stories in 5 Steps

1

Newsroom Audit

Publisher Center status, sitemap health, schema, Core Web Vitals, and E-E-A-T signals — scored and prioritised.

2

Technical Foundation

News sitemap, structured data, and speed fixes implemented in your CMS template — not a plugin patch.

3

Editorial Enablement

Headline & style-guide training for reporters and desk editors, built around your existing publishing workflow.

4

Discover & Top Stories Push

Image, evergreen-refresh, and social-signal optimisation targeted at Discover feed and carousel placement.

5

Monitor & Report

Weekly Top Stories/Discover visibility tracking, with your department lead on every call — not a shared inbox.

News SEO Pricing

Transparent tiers. No lock-in contracts. Scale up as your newsroom grows.

Newsroom Audit
₹40,000 one-time

A full diagnostic before you commit to ongoing work.

  • Publisher Center & sitemap audit
  • NewsArticle schema review
  • Core Web Vitals report (mobile)
  • E-E-A-T & byline compliance check
  • Prioritised fix roadmap
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Enterprise Newsroom
₹1,25,000 /month

Multi-desk publishers, wire-service feeds, or a CMS migration on the roadmap.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Multi-section / multi-desk coverage
  • Full CMS migration support (301 mapping)
  • Weekly reporting + Slack/WhatsApp access
  • Priority breaking-news technical support
Talk to Us

News SEO FAQ

Publisher Center review typically takes 2–4 weeks once your sitemap, schema, and content-policy compliance are in place. We handle the submission and monitor the review.
No. Google phased out the AMP requirement for Top Stories in favour of Core Web Vitals — we optimise your existing mobile pages to meet those speed thresholds instead of forcing a separate AMP build.
No — the technical layer (sitemaps, schema, Core Web Vitals) runs independently of your CMS workflow. Editorial training is a short one-time workshop plus a lightweight pre-publish checklist, not a new approval step.
Yes — this is one of our core strengths. We build a full legacy-to-new URL redirect map and monitor traffic before, during, and after cutover. We've migrated a 15-year archive with zero SEO loss.
No — we work with everything from single-desk digital publishers to multi-section print-to-digital mastheads. The Growth plan is built for a single newsroom; Enterprise covers multi-desk operations.

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