Google allocated $25 million towards improving the news experience on YouTube
Google is really serious about gaining traction from the news on the YouTube. It believes that the way forward for the news will bethe online arena which is exclusively cornered by the YouTube at the moment. In a bid to enhance the news experience on the YouTube Google is willing to commit $25 million which will certainly give it an edge over other online video news competitors. This money will be specifically used towards creating a working group within the Google comprising of the news organization and experts from every corner of the world.
This will help Google as well as YouTube to bring quality news in real time to the audience globally. It will also be beneficial in tackling the modern day challenges surrounding the news available in the online domain as well.To improve the news experience on YouTube Google has already partnered with Joven Pam, Vox Media and India Today to play a vital role in the working and Google is working furiously to bring more acclaimed news agency into the fold.
Changing the way news in consumed on YouTube
In order to boost the news experience on YouTube Google made it easier and simple to find the high quality news on the portal. Going to the “Top News” section will showcase the prominent videos from the news videos as it can be seen in the search results. There is also a breaking news section on the portal which brings up breaking news as it happens across the world. The news section of the YouTube is designed to fetch the quality news videos from all the major news organization right to the YouTube homepage.
It covers the news on global scale with news popping up from different countries prominently like US, France, UK, Indian, Brazil, Japan, Italy and others. Google is working towards bringing as many news from as many nation possible to boost the news experience on YouTube.Google will also provide training to as many as 8000 journalists in English and six other prominent languages within India in the upcoming year.
Get additional information on news videos
Over the years Google has faced huge backlash over its inability to control the flow of wrongly depicting, demeaning and irrational videos on its portal. With this new initiative of enhancing the news experience on YouTube Google is hopeful that will be choosing and viewing content on their own discretion but at the same time informing the Google about the one shouldn’t be present on the portal. Therefore Google will be offering some new features to assist viewers in taking the wiser decisions.
Users will get more amounts of sources on the information present on topical searches and videos. Users are going to see some additional information for nay said news or video from the third parties like Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica. This will be helpful for viewers in judging the news and videos circulated on the established historical and scientific topics.
