In a blog post, Richard Gingras, Google’s vice president of news, said the changes to the company’s search guidelines would help it to “better recognize original reporting” and make it more visible on the internet. “This means readers interested in the latest news can find the story that started it all,” Mr. Gingras wrote, “and publishers can benefit from having their original reporting more widely seen.”
Source: Google Says a Change in Its Algorithm Will Highlight ‘Original Reporting’