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Google News Location: Mongolia

khuushuur — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:49:37 +0000

Google has launched a new feature as part of their Google News service. Instead of searching for the keyword “Mongolia” it now allows you to search for articles that indicate they are about Mongolia. So even if the title is “Crisis in Ulaanbaatar” it will list the article. Pretty cool. You can get it to work through this link: http://news.google.com/news?geo=mongolia (mind the “geo” tag) or you can surf to Google News (http://news.google.com/) there find:

Local News »

and type Mongolia in the box next to:

View stories near:

C’est ca.

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The Ultimate Google News on Mongolia

khuushuur — Sat, 12 May 2007 02:07:00 +0000

To keep up to date with any news Google News seems the place to go. If your country is blessed with a customized google news (like cuba) you have it made because all news relevant for your country is automatically sorted and displayed by the big google machine. However, it seems that for Mongolia that might be some time away. Now the problem that arises from this is that you have to use search terms to actually generate some content, and that is not ideal. It means you miss out on a lot of content that IS relevant, but just doesn’t feature the keyword provided. But maybe more annoying is getting articles that happen to contain the keyword but just aren’t really relevant.
I am afraid there is simply isn’t a cure for this ail yet, but there is a way to get a bit more relevant info instead of just typing “mongolia” in the search bar.
The first thing is that you actually want things Mongolian, which would argue for using the search term ^Mongolian^ as well. You could to that with the OR operator resulting in ^Mongolia OR Mongolian^. There is a possibility you might not want information on astronauts landing in INNER Mongolia, which can be achieved by filtering out the term ^”Inner Mongolia”^ (mind the quotes) with the [-] operator, making it all together something like:

Mongolia OR Mongolian -”Inner Mongolia”

You can add as many OR or – operators as you want like:

Mongolia OR Mongolian OR “Genghis Khan” -”Inner -Mongolia” -mining -mines

This would generate results for genghis khan, but not for items related to mining or mines. Of course it is a bit tedious to type all this in on your daily news hunt, so it might help to bookmark the page or create an email alert.

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Google Earth/Maps – Improved Satellite image

khuushuur — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:32:00 +0000

Google maps and Google earth have improved their satellite images. It gives quite an amzing view on Mongolia and especially Ulaanbaatar.
The circus seems to have been designed to see from the sky, the overcharging city taxis are waiting in front of the State Department Store, the Government palace can be clearly seen, and of course the mondriaan of ger areas.

Thanks to Robin.

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Ulaanbaatar Satellite Image – Google Earth

khuushuur — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:26:00 +0000

This is what Google Earth makes of Ulaanbaatar. Click on the image to see a larger overview.

On the map you will find indicated: the State Department Store (Ikh Delguur), Sukhbaatar Square and Gandan(tegchenling) Monastery. Although there is room for improvement – it is quite amazing how searchable the world has become.

See update
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Google Earth/Maps – Improved Satellite image

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