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By: Deep Jive Interests » Google News Comments — Four Months Later, Still Kicking, Dramatically Under-Promoted

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:48:32 +0000

[...] journalist himself who clearly follows new media as closely as anyone — own observations that he barely noticed that they have existed a few weeks ago), as only 150 comments have been submitted over the life of [...]

By: mathewi

mathewi — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:35:01 +0000

That's interesting, Tony. I could see that kind of thing being really
useful for complicated or nuanced medical or scientific stories, so
that people could get more detail or background or differing opinions
if they wish. Just another way in which Google is making my day job
irrelevant. :-)

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:27:26 +0000

Actually I've seen them loads of times (therefore I guess its not just a US thing) … they're actually pretty cool, and do add another dimension to the story sometimes. At other times, they allow people who only got a one-sentence sound-byte to expound on their positions. I've seen quite a few examples of this related to medical news, for example

By: mathewi

mathewi — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:35:01 +0000

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:27:26 +0000