Trending Entities & Breaking News Topic Planner
Identify trending entities, emerging news angles, and temporal modifiers ('2026 update', 'live analysis') for editorial calendars.
What is the Google News Topic Planner?
The Google News Topic Planner by CompleteSEOTools is an enterprise journalism search engine optimization utility built to optimize breaking news and editorial articles for Google News, Google Discover, Top Stories carousels, and Publisher Center feeds.
How to Use the Google News Topic Planner (Step-by-Step)
Enter Headline & Meta
Enter news headlines, author bio URLs, publication timestamps, or article links.
Generate Schema / Sitemap
Compile Google News XML sitemaps, NewsArticle schema, or Discover CTR scores.
Publish to Feed
Deploy the schema to article pages or submit the news XML sitemap to Search Console.
Google News & Google Discover Guidelines
Success in Google News and Google Discover requires transparent author bylines, verified contact information, high-resolution 1200px 16:9 featured imagery, fast IndexNow/Indexing API notifications, and clean NewsArticle structured data.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Track trending Google Trends entities, publish an initial fast report, and continually update the live blog post.