Google News Archive link is dead

[Garson O'Toole]

Thanks to Bill, Jon, and Victor for responding. Google once had a
specialized webpage front-end for the Google News Archive. It was
located here:

http://news.google.com/archivesearch

If you type "Google News Archive" into the Google query slot then the
top result points to the location given above. However, this link now
redirects to another location that looks like a generic Google News
search page.

The search method outlined by Bill does work for now. Thanks Bill:

1) Put a term into the Google search window.  Search
2) When results come back, hit the NEWS tab at the top.
3) When the News results come back, hit the "Archives" link
         down the left  side of the page.

There is an option on the left side of the page to search in a custom
range within the Google News Archive, but I do not see the histogram
that was once bannered across the top of the page. Do any list members
know if the front-end that uses a graphical display of matches is
still available somewhere in the forest of links?

Garson


On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:17 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> GNA has been flaky for a long time now--Google tried different variation on
> the search configurations, which results in all sorts of problems. One thing
> that's been gone but made a reappearance in a different place is the link to
> archive search on the regular news search page. The archives link used to be
> right below the search bar, but now it's in the left-hand column--and, for a
> few weeks, it was gone completely. The same with the link to GNA from other
> Google sites. My guess is that your link overdetermines some parameter which
> is lost when it's redirected. But if you access it directly, without going
> through old links, it's no problem.
>
> VS-)
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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I just tried it. No problems.
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>> JL
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>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Garson O'Toole
>> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> > Subject:      Google News Archive link is dead
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>> > My link to the Google News Archive is being redirected to another
>> > Google search page.  Previous news from Google in May reported that
>> > the archive was no longer being updated. Now it may have been taken
>> > offline.
>> >
>> > Here is a blog post from someone who has experienced an inability to
>> > reach the Google News Archive today:
>> > http://themoderatevoice.com/119892/wither-google-news-archive/
>> >
>> > Here is a tweet about the dead link:
>> > @Slow_News_Day Patrick Flanary
>> > Looks like @Google News Archive has bit the dust. The link is dead.
>> > RIP, my favorite site. #googlenewsarchive
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