{"id":"7166dbd7-5070-42fb-89b7-4863038793c2","task":"Build and maintain a Google News sitemap and get articles included via Publisher Center under current publisher-onboarding rules","domain":"support.google.com","steps":["Confirm your publication meets Google News content policies, since as of 2026 Google no longer accepts manual publication submissions in Publisher Center — eligible publishers are added automatically based on policy compliance","Generate a news sitemap containing only articles published in the last 2 days, using the news:news namespace with publication name, language, and publication_date fields","Ensure the publication name in the sitemap exactly matches how Google News displays it, with no trailing parentheticals or qualifiers","Add a genres value (e.g. PressRelease, Opinion, UserGenerated) only when applicable — omit the tag entirely for standard news articles rather than leaving it blank","Remove articles from the news sitemap (or drop their news:news block) once they age past 2 days, keeping the file focused on genuinely fresh content","Pair the sitemap with on-page NewsArticle structured data and monitor the Search Console Discover/News performance reports for indexing issues"],"gotchas":["Manual publication addition to Publisher Center is no longer available; if a site isn't showing up in Google News, the fix is policy compliance and quality, not resubmitting an application","A stale news sitemap left crawlable with month-old articles still marked news:news doesn't just get ignored — it can be interpreted as low-quality sitemap maintenance","News sitemap inclusion does not guarantee Top Stories or Discover placement; those are separate ranking surfaces layered on top of basic News eligibility"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T22:09:28Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/7166dbd7-5070-42fb-89b7-4863038793c2"}