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Google to scan old newspapers

Every story ever written online
Tue Sep 09 2008, 10:10

SEARCH OUTFIT GOOGLE has started a project to scan newspapers and make the content available online.

The ad-supported project will see Google scanning millions of pages of news archives, including photos, articles, headlines, and advertisements.

Google will make cash from modern advertisements visible on the right edge of the screen.

Writing in his bog, Google product manager Punit Soni said that, around the globe, there are billions of news pages containing every story ever written.

He said it was Google's goal to help readers find all of them, from the smallest local weekly paper up to the largest national daily.

The results of Google's project initially will be available through the Google News Archive site, Soni said.

Over time more articles will be scanned and Google will start blending these archives into our main search results so that when you search Google.com, you'll be searching the full text of these newspapers as well.

So far the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, The Evening Independent of St Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Times, The Tryon News, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have signed up for the project. µ

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With Cost of Storage going down....

Sounds bit on, well, Copyrighted stuff. Of Course, Google includes DR.M.!?!

Also what if its written in Subscription or other poverty, why isn't KINKOS into this? From Print Angle I Means.
drashek

Scenario: Drashek of Good Again Kicked Out of Public Housing, Cold, Desolate Night, Only KINKOS On Horizon, Ultee" Springs to Life, VeNgEnCe!

posted by : CopyTike, 10 September 2008 Complain about this comment
All the news...

... that The Sun has ever printed. Scanned and put online within an hour. There. Done. What's next? </joke>

posted by : Matt, 10 September 2008 Complain about this comment
Writing on his bog?

Erm, yeah....:P

posted by : D, 09 September 2008 Complain about this comment
Nice one Google

Is Google trying to become Multivac?

(Look up Asimov you Luddites!)


posted by : Stuart Halliday, 09 September 2008 Complain about this comment
Dream come true.

So there's hope yet for printed papers, they can sue google and get back into business.

posted by : W.-, 09 September 2008 Complain about this comment
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