Personalized Settings Lost On Google News

Nov 7, 2011 - 8:25 am 4 by
Filed Under Google

Google News LogoA few weeks ago, some Google News users started reporting in the Google News Help forum that their personalization settings for Google News stopped working.

The first report was on October 19th, the user said:

I have spent years creating filters for my personalized news and now they seem to have disappeared. Did they go away with Google Buzz? I've checked on multiple computers and browsers. I sign in and out, clear cookies and history, sign back in and still just get the default news page.

Google News has been trying to make the news home page more personalized for users over the years. But that went away for many.

Craig from the Google News team said on Friday afternoon that it was fixed but a couple users said it doesn't appear to be fixed. Craig said:

Thanks to all of your feedback, our team has identified and solved the issue that was preventing some users from being able to access their customized sections. We have rolled out a fix for the issue, and users will once again have use of their custom sections.

Forum discussion at Google News Help.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Google

Google Search Tests Audio Overview

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google Ads

Google Merchant Center Updates Some User Interface Elements

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:41 am
Bing Search

Bing Tests Dropping Microsoft Name From Bing Search Box

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Ads

Google Ads Tests New Charts Interface For Campaigns

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:21 am
Web Analytics

ChatGPT Updates To Improve Tracking In Analytics With More UTM Parameters

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:11 am
Other Search Engines

OpenAI Improves ChatGPT Search Quality

Jun 16, 2025 - 7:05 am
Previous Story: AdSense Actual Earnings 50% Lower Than Estimated Earnings