{"id":21348,"date":"2018-01-26T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21348"},"modified":"2018-01-26T19:35:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T23:35:53","slug":"google-bulletin-hyperlocal-community-news-app-in-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/26\/google-bulletin-hyperlocal-community-news-app-in-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Bulletin &#8211; Hyperlocal Community News App in Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcnashaat\/status\/956859106370793472\">alerted<\/a> on Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/marcnashaat.com\">Marc Nashaat<\/a>, a link builder in Toronto, about a new app from Google called Bulletin. From their <a href=\"https:\/\/posts.google.com\/bulletin\/share\">page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bulletin is an app for contributing hyperlocal stories about your community, for your community, right from your phone. Bulletin makes it effortless to put a spotlight on inspiring stories that aren\u2019t being told.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s special about a story on Bulletin? A Bulletin story is&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"FcR2B\">Impactful<\/span>: Bulletin helps you tell the stories that aren\u2019t being told<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"FcR2B\">Open<\/span>: Bulletin stories are public and easy to discover: on Google search, through social networks, or via links sent by email and messaging apps<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"FcR2B\">Effortless<\/span>: No setup is required to create a story &#8211; all you need is a smartphone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With Bulletin you can contribute to local stories and be the voice of your community!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSflVrcKXSMhrrX5mdrf4lZAv1vxclru3h3I2BCMI6ybD3lvdQ\/viewform\">early access request form<\/a> appears to indicate that it is initially being tested in Nashville, TN and Oakland Ca. And that Google is primarily interested in testing across a range of mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, the content does appear in the index. I experimented with a few URLS until I landed up this one: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;ei=NShrWsfiNcPw_AaO1YXAAw&amp;q=site%3Aposts.google.com%2Fbulletin%2F&amp;oq=site%3Aposts.google.com%2Fbulletin%2F&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...40815.43817.0.44922.10.10.0.0.0.0.97.879.10.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.EFF2vBeMO_Q\">site:posts.google.com\/bulletin\/ <\/a> which <a href=\"https:\/\/posts.google.com\/bulletin\/share\/KdZJQgBa\/6FTqxd\">surfaced<\/a> three results from Oakland, two of which have live content dated January 23.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example from the Woman&#8217;s March Oakland:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21349\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin-464x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin-464x600.png 464w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin-155x200.png 155w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bulletin.png 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The page on which it is hosted offers a bold headline, and simple real time display of captioned photos, videos and short commentary in a time stamped stream like presentation. By default the postings appear to be licensed under the <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21350\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21350\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/text-501x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/text-501x600.png 501w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/text-167x200.png 167w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/text.png 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short text inputs laid out as cards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21351\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21351 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/video-520x398.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/video-520x398.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/video-261x200.png 261w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/video.png 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video is also supported<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21352\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21352\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action-464x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action-464x600.png 464w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action-155x200.png 155w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/call-to-action.png 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the footer there is a call to action for potential authors that goes to the info page and the Creative Commons licensing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/news\/answer\/7557578\">set of guidelines<\/a> that prohibits the usual suspects ( spam, deception, plagiarism) and a few that I had not seen before like the prohibition against Medical Advice. Promotional content and otherwise copyrighted material are likewise banned. There is the ability to &#8220;report&#8221; a story as abusive:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21354\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.32.53-AM-520x521.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.32.53-AM-520x521.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.32.53-AM-199x200.png 199w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.32.53-AM.png 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As noted by Google the content is surfaced in search and is visible in the index. The title of the event auto populates the Title Tag. Since there is little page content and no meta-description tag there is no content currently showing in the description area other than the title.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21355\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.47.34-AM-520x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.47.34-AM-520x182.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.47.34-AM-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.47.34-AM.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the meta information from the page with liberal use of OG notation and the inclusion of authorship:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21357 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.50.10-AM-520x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.50.10-AM-520x146.png 520w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.50.10-AM-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-26-at-8.50.10-AM.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The implications of this are interesting, if abstract and my thoughts are still forming. Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was alerted on Twitter by Marc Nashaat, a link builder in Toronto, about a new app from Google called Bulletin. From their page: Bulletin is an app for contributing hyperlocal stories about your community, for your community, right from your phone. 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