Google News optimization fascinates me because it is a different algorithm and there are weird rules. I knew Google News had a rule about having 3-digit unique number in the URL if you do not use Google News Sitemaps but did you know that if you used 1999 or 2000 in the URL that you are out of luck?

Stacie Chan said this in her presentation Google+ hangout at the 3:51 mark. Here is the slide she shared:

She said:

Here is the video:

Forum discussion at Google+.