Success Metrics for News Recommendations

Requirements Clarification & Assessment

1. Understanding the Feature:

   • The feature involves recommending current news articles relevant to a user's search query.
   • The goal is to enhance the search experience by providing users with up-to-date news related to their interests.

2. Product Goals:

   • Keep users informed about the latest news and trends related to their search topics.
   • Increase user engagement with search results by integrating news content.
   • Align with Google's mission to organize and provide access to the world's information.

3. User Journey:

   • User performs a search query.
   • User scrolls through search results and views news recommendations.
   • User clicks on a news article and spends time reading it.
   • User may return to the search results to explore more articles.

4. Key Actions to Encourage:

   • Clicking on news articles.
   • Spending time on the news article's website.
   • Reading multiple articles from the recommendations.

5. Assumptions:

   • Users are interested in current news related to their search queries.
   • The news recommendation feature is newly introduced and requires validation for usability and adoption.