Passive Voice Detector for News & Media
Passive Voice Detector — built for rapid indexation and Google News optimization.
Passive voice is just the beginning. Grammarly catches passive voice, unclear phrasing, tone issues, and hundreds of other writing problems — in real time, across every app you write in.
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How this tool helps for News & Media sites
Passive voice weakens for news & media content by hiding the actor and reducing clarity. This detector highlights passive sentences, shows your passive percentage score, and suggests active rewrites that make for news & media content more direct and engaging.
News websites operate under unique SEO conditions where speed of indexation, Google News inclusion, and topical freshness signals are paramount. News SEO requires rapid publication workflows, proper NewsArticle schema implementation, and adherence to Google News technical policies. Sites must also manage evergreen content alongside breaking news while avoiding cannibalisation across articles covering evolving stories.
for News & Media tips
- Implement NewsArticle schema with datePublished, dateModified, and author details on every article to qualify for Google News and Top Stories carousel.
- Submit your site to Google News Publisher Center and maintain a clean publication record since news-specific indexation is dramatically faster than standard crawling.
- Create evergreen topic hub pages that aggregate coverage of recurring stories to prevent cannibalisation across dozens of related breaking news articles.
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