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A news portal ready to handle 50 articles a day

Multi-author, categories, a breaking-news ticker, ad slots, and SEO optimization from day one. Built for volume, not for demo.

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starting tier

Profile + Blog

starting price

From IDR 3M

duration

4–6 weeks

Context & rationale.

A news portal has to protect two flows at once: the newsroom needs to write, review, schedule, correct, and archive stories with clear roles, while readers need pages that are fast, navigable, and stable when advertising loads. Themes, images, ad scripts, publishing volume, and breaking-news patterns can affect performance and infrastructure demand. A lean architecture, SEO taxonomy, article metadata, a Google News sitemap, and isolated ad slots can support those workflows. Technical features do not guarantee rankings, Google News acceptance, traffic, bounce rate, or revenue; article volume, contributor roles, moderation, and traffic capacity must be defined through written scope and testing.

// what you get

Full deliverables.

A multi-author CMS with roles: contributor, editor, desk editor, editor-in-chief

An editorial workflow: draft → review → schedule → publish

Categories, tags, breaking news, headlines, and automatic related articles

A dedicated Google News sitemap + an automatic daily news sitemap

NewsArticle + Article schema markup for Google rich results

Responsive ad slots (Google AdSense, Adsterra, or direct deals)

Article pages optimized for long reading sessions (typography, dark mode)

Related articles & most-read widget based on engagement

Newsletter subscription with email-tool integration

Article comments (Disqus or native) with moderation

Fast internal search with relevance

An analytics dashboard: most-read articles, top authors, traffic source

// our process

How we work.

Taxonomy & Editorial Structure

We design the categories, tags, and byline structure. This determines long-term SEO — a messy taxonomy is hard to fix later. We use Google News guidelines + national media best practices.

Portal & Article Page Design

A homepage hero with breaking news, featured categories, and most-read. Article pages with typography pleasant for long reads, dark mode, and relevant related content. Every section is optimized for mobile.

Build the CMS & Workflow

Setting up the editor with role permissions, scheduling, autosave, version history. A draft-review-publish workflow with email notifications to the relevant roles. You get granular control over who can do what.

Ad & SEO Integration

Installing the ad slots you already have accounts for (AdSense, etc.), the news sitemap to Google News, and submitting to the Google Publisher Center. We also set up schema markup and standard media Open Graph.

Article Migration & Launch

When included, accessible articles and inventoried URLs are migrated with agreed redirects. Monitoring applies only for the written period; completeness, traffic, and SEO are not guaranteed.

// technical approach

How it works under the hood.

For a news portal, performance, layout stability, sitemap refresh frequency, and editor autosave are implementation targets—not universal guarantees. A static-first architecture, edge delivery, responsive images, isolated ad slots, NewsArticle schema, and a lightweight editor can be proposed. Numeric targets such as load time, CLS, sitemap refresh, or autosave interval become acceptance criteria only when the written scope defines the environment and measurement method.

// perfect for

Ideal if you...

Local/regional media looking to level up from heavy WordPress
Communities/associations wanting their own publishing channel
Blog owners growing to the level of a multi-author publication
Startups wanting to spin off their content marketing arm into a separate outlet
Research institutes, think tanks, or NGOs that regularly publish

// not a fit for

Maybe not you if...

×A personal blog with 1-2 posts a month — simple WordPress is enough
×Those needing an advanced paywall — use a membership system
×Those with zero traffic and no editorial team yet — build content first

// real example

MadiunPos.id — A Local News Portal in Madiun

MadiunPos, a local outlet in Madiun, previously used a marketplace WordPress theme, with a 7-second load, and never appeared in Google News despite having signed up. They had 6 active contributors who frequently clashed over drafts. We rebuilt it with a lean stack: a 1.2-second load, a CMS with a clear editorial workflow, a news sitemap to Google News, and a tidy category structure (politics/economy/sports/lifestyle). 3 months after launch, the portal entered Google News, organic traffic rose 340%, and AdSense revenue rose 4x because CTR improved with the fast loading.

outcome

Organic traffic up 340%, entered Google News within 3 months, AdSense revenue up 4x

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// faq · news portal / multi-author

Common questions.

Can the portal sign up for Google News?

Yes, as long as it meets the Google Publisher Center requirements: a clear editorial team, a complete contact/about page, a corrections policy, and regular original content. We help prepare every requirement before submitting.

What's the maximum number of articles it can hold?

Capacity depends on architecture, database, hosting, cache, media size, and traffic patterns. Article or views-per-minute targets apply only when written and validated through agreed load testing.

How is AdSense set up?

We install responsive ad slots in standard locations: header, sidebar, in-article, sticky footer on mobile. Ads load asynchronously so they don't hinder Core Web Vitals. You use your own AdSense account.

Can there be a paywall for premium articles?

Yes, with a metered tier (5 free articles per month), freemium (tagging which articles are premium), or a hard paywall. For a serious paywall, we usually combine it with a membership system.

How does migration from old WordPress work?

Accessible items are migrated according to the written inventory and redirect map. Completeness, timeline, downtime, and SEO impact depend on data, plugins, media, providers, and URL count; SEO results are not guaranteed.

Is there a live blog feature for real-time events?

We can add it: a long post with continuous updates appearing in real time without a refresh. Perfect for elections, matches, breaking events. An optional add-on feature with a separate cost.

What if an article has to be taken down immediately?

An editor with the appropriate role can unpublish in 1 click. The URL automatically redirects to the category page (or a correction page you prepare). The history of all publish/unpublish actions is in the audit log.

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A news portal ready to handle 50 articles a day

Context & rationale.

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