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Status: Please try the workaround above in order to improve the quality of results for your Local section.
If you're trying to create a custom section based on your zipcode, Google News may display inaccurate locations. Please report the zipcode for which you're experiencing issues.
Status: Our engineering team is not currently prioritizing this issue, but is tracking reports from users.
We may have difficulty displaying the relevant news about the location you're interested in. As you know, we're constantly looking to improve our coverage. If you have a local website that you're unable to find in Google News, please let us know.
Status: Our engineering team is not currently prioritizing this issue, but is tracking reports from users.
Our current structure for creating a custom section may not allow you to restrict your search query for articles from a single news site by using the [site:] operator.
Status: Our engineering team is looking into adding this and other expanded search options for Google News Custom Sections in the future.
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