Google announced on the Google News blog that in an effort to promote local news publications, when stories in their local towns go national, Google News is now using a "local source" tag. The ...

What Is Original-Source? The original-source meta tag can be used by publishers wanting to claim their article as the original version.

Meta tags are hidden on the page, but they, as well as all the HTML code on a page, can be viewed by selecting View/Source or View/Page Source from the browser menu.