On Tuesday, Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker said the episode began because the story did not have a date on it when the Google News search program came across it early Sunday morning.
"We indexed the story in Google News," Stricker said. As part of that process, the Google search program assigns a date to a story.
Tribune Co.'s spokesperson, in turn, argued that the key event was when Google's "bot" put a Sept. 6, 2008, date on the story. That date made the story appear fresh when it was accessed through Google News, the spokesperson said.
"After the story appeared on Google News, traffic went through the roof," said Gary Weitman, a spokesperson for Tribune Co.
"We indexed the story in Google News," Stricker said. As part of that process, the Google search program assigns a date to a story.
Tribune Co.'s spokesperson, in turn, argued that the key event was when Google's "bot" put a Sept. 6, 2008, date on the story. That date made the story appear fresh when it was accessed through Google News, the spokesperson said.
"After the story appeared on Google News, traffic went through the roof," said Gary Weitman, a spokesperson for Tribune Co.
