I applied to have Scripting News included in Google News, and just got the rejection notice. However it appears the decision was based on a misunderstanding.
Scripting News is not really written by an individual as they say. I link to articles written by lots of people. Today, for example, I link to stories written by Jeremy Zawodny, Soxaholix, Gizmodo, Don Park, Paolo Valdemarin and Megnut.
In this sense I am something between the editor of the front page of a news site, or a reporter writing an article. I have a bunch of freelancers and sources, with some original editorial stuff thrown in.
If they think the sites they include work any differently, well, I think they're mistaken.
Anyway, maybe they're just being polite. Maybe they don't like the stories I link to, maybe the quality isn't high enough to meet their standards. Of course I think it's pretty good, but then I'm biased. 
# Posted by Dave Winer on 4/4/05; 1:34:32 PM - --
