> Hi Will,
> Those are some good questions. In answer to the first one, as long as
> you have at least three digits in your URLs (and the digits don't
> resemble years), they can be anywhere - not necessarily at the very
> end.
> In response to your second question, we typically ask publishers to
> give unique, permanent URLs to all their stories. This doesn't just
> make it easier for us, it's also helpful to users who might bookmark
> interesting stories and return to them later, or find old links to
> your articles.
> You can find more information about article URLs in Google News in our
> Help Center, athttp://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/answer.py?answer=68323&top...
> Hope this was helpful,
> Abe
> On Jun 18, 5:26 pm, Will wrote:
> > I am trying to set my site up for google news and I had two quick
> > questions.
> > The first is whether the urls for my stories have to end in a number
> > or can they end in a letter assuming the have the unique code already
> > put into the url.
> > The second is whether I can use the same codes again like june001.htm
> > for a story in 2008 and then june001.htm for a story in 2009 (the
> > previous story would be archived at this point).
> > Any assistance is appreciated.
