Daylife HelpFrequently asked questions about Daylife

Reading & Navigating

1. How get started?

The best way is to just dive right in and explore. Use the search bar at the top of each page to find a news story, subject, or place that interests you. Or click on a picture, headline, or anything else that grabs your attention. Everything is connected on Daylife.

When you find the page you’re looking for, you’ll see lots of related items: people, places, and organizations relevant to the story, publications covering it, recent quotes, and more. All of these items link to pages of their own, where you can get many perspectives on the news you care about.

2. How does Daylife get its news?

Daylife collects news constantly from thousands of sources around the globe, including mainstream outlets (e.g. BBC, CNN, Times of India), blogs, peer-reviewed journals, and many others.

3. What does Daylife do with the news then?

Daylife analyzes the news to find connections among stories, to present their timelines, and to find new ways of looking at the news and how it’s being covered worldwide.

4. How does Daylife determine the order of the articles presented?

Our goal is to give you a wide view of what’s out there, and let you dive in for more. We order articles through a combination of relevance to the subject at hand, timeliness, and the kind of publication it comes from (more priority is given to, say, a major national newspaper than a 3-month-old blog, though we include each).

5. I don’t see a certain news publication in Daylife. Why not? Can I add it to the mix?

There are tens of thousands of news outlets. We have a world- class roster, and it’s growing constantly.

If there’s a publication we don’t have, chances are we just haven’t gotten to it yet. If you’d like to see one added to Daylife, just click the "Suggest a publication" link at the bottom of any page on the site. A window will pop up with instructions. We’ll then review the publication for currency and newsworthiness, and very likely add it to our system.

A NOTE ON RSS: Daylife uses RSS syndication technology to gather news articles. This method requires that the source independently publish an RSS feed for use by third parties. It may be that the source you’re looking for doesn’t use RSS. If that’s the case, we’ll let you know. You might even mail the editor of the publication to request that they start using RSS (you’d be surprised how effective a letter to the editor can be).

6. Does Daylife take an editorial position?

The news on Daylife comes from thousands of highly diverse publications, each of which may have its own political, ethical, and other positions. Daylife itself does not endorse any editorial position over any other one. We present the news as it’s published by the sources in our system.

7. Why does Daylife only include English-language news?

Right now, Daylife is an English-only service. We have plans to expand into other languages in the future.

8. How do I search Daylife for highly specific items?

We have a search tips page that will teach you some easy, powerful ways to search our site.

Registration

1. Do I have to register to use Daylife?

No. You can browse the news on Daylife without registering.

2. I registered but forgot my password. Do I have to re-register?

No. If you forget your password, just visit the password recovery page. We’ll send you an e-mail with instructions.

3. Why should I register?

When you register, you get access to ‘My World,’ a members-only feature that gives you a personalized view of the news. It’s available after a quick, secure registration with Daylife (read on for more on ‘My World’).

My World

1. What is 'My World'?

It's your personal view of the news on Daylife. Use it to keep track of people, places, and events that you care about. When you sign up for a Daylife account, you get your own My World section.

With My World, you can store:

• Entire topics - quick links to the latest news on people, places, and organizations you care about.
• Articles - save any story on Daylife for later reading.
• Photos - build your own gallery of news photos, including thousands of beautiful images from Getty Images, Reuters, and the Associated Press.
• Publications - get the latest from your favorite news publications.
• Searches - save the search phrases you use most often, so you're just a click away from news on those topics.

These things can be added to My World by 'starring' them, which brings us to the next question...

2. What are the stars for, and how do they work?

There is a clear, clickable star next to each publication, person, photo, and other items in Daylife. Clicking the star saves the item to your My World page for later viewing, saving you the trouble of doing a new search each time you visit the site.

Stars are clear unless you click them (then they turn yellow). Any yellow star you see while navigating Daylife denotes an item you’ve saved.

If you don’t want to save an item any longer, just click the yellow star. It will go back to its "clear" state, and will no longer appear as one of your "Starred Items."

General Questions

1. Who is Daylife for? Why should I use it?

Daylife is for everyone who cares about the news.

2. How can I get my own news blog/website onto Daylife?

Just send it to our editors at editorial@daylife.com for review. We’ll have a look at it to assess its overall content and news focus, and chances are very good we’ll add it to the system.

If it’s a personal site that occasionally touches on current events, it might not be right for Daylife.

3. I do not want my website's content to appear on Daylife. How can I get it removed?

Just send an e-mail to editorial@daylife.com. We will respond promptly to any request to remove content, provided that the requester can verify that they own the content in question.

4. I saw something on Daylife that is factually untrue. How can I report it?

The best thing to do is to contact the original publisher of the item you found to be erroneous. Every story on Daylife comes from an identified source, with a link to that source (which will appear along with the article, image, or other content believed to be incorrect). The publisher’s site should offer a contact e-mail address, phone number, or other means to get in touch and make corrections or complaints.

If you find a source that you believe should not be in Daylife – a site that is not credible and responsible – please email us at editorial@daylife.com.

5. Do you charge users?

Not at all. Daylife will be supported by advertising revenue.

6. Can I purchase a photo I saw on the site, for use on my own site or elsewhere?

The photos you see on Daylife are provided by Getty Images, the Associated Press, and Reuters. Our arrangements with these providers do not permit resale or reuse of the images by Daylife users. If you're interested in purchasing a photo from one of these providers, you will need to contact them directly and ask them for permission and pricing information.

Privacy

For information on privacy, including how Daylife uses any personal information you submit to the site, please read our Privacy Policy.

Feedback

We always want to hear from you. If you have a comment, suggestion, gripe, or anything else to say, please don’t hesitate to send it to us at comments@daylife.com.