http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/spokenwordmatters/2006/09/08/google-news-archive/ Spoken Word Services @ GCU's group weblog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/spokenwordmatters/2006/09/08/google-news-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Iain Wallace Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/spokenwordmatters/2006/09/08/google-news-archive/#comment-23 Cheers Graeme - What about the BBC 'On This Day' and 'The Time When' services? Maybe they would take date only queries? Cheers Graeme – What about the BBC ‘On This Day’ and ‘The Time When’ services? Maybe they would take date only queries?

]]> http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/spokenwordmatters/2006/09/08/google-news-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Graeme West Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:56:37 +0000 http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/spokenwordmatters/2006/09/08/google-news-archive/#comment-21 Google require a keyword as well as a date - i.e. you must request 'John Humphreys' between 04/26/2004 and 04/28/2004 rather than just 'any stories between 04/26/2004 and 04/28/2004' - so an 'on this day' function isn't possible unless it's linked with an arbitrary keyword, such as a name - is this what you mean? Google require a keyword as well as a date – i.e. you must request ‘John Humphreys’ between 04/26/2004 and 04/28/2004 rather than just ‘any stories between 04/26/2004 and 04/28/2004′ – so an ‘on this day’ function isn’t possible unless it’s linked with an arbitrary keyword, such as a name – is this what you mean?

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