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Entity Recommendations Explained
Headlinne recommends by the people, companies, and places in the news—not just broad topics. Learn what entity recommendations are and why they make your feed precise.
By Headlinne Editorial Team · Updated on
Beyond broad topics
Topics like "technology" or "politics" are useful but coarse. Entity recommendations go finer, tracking the specific people, companies, organizations, and places you care about—so your feed can follow a particular company or public figure, not just the whole sector.
Entities are the nouns of the news, and matching on them makes recommendations far more precise.
What counts as an entity
Headlinne recognizes entities such as:
- People—leaders, executives, public figures
- Organizations—companies, institutions, teams
- Places—countries, cities, regions
- Products and events tied to ongoing stories
Why entity matching sharpens your feed
Entity recommendations let your feed distinguish between "I follow tech broadly" and "I specifically follow this company." When an entity you care about appears in the news, its stories are surfaced—even across topics you do not usually read—because the entity, not just the subject, is what matters to you.
This is how Headlinne can track a specific thread of the news precisely, rather than flooding you with an entire category.
Entities in Headlinne's engine
Entity signals are one of the weighted inputs in Headlinne's ranking, sitting alongside subtopic, semantic, and geographic signals. As you engage with stories, the entities in them are learned into your profile, so your feed keeps up with the specific people and organizations you follow.
The result is a feed that understands not just what you are interested in, but who and where.
Key takeaways
- ✓Entity recommendations track specific people, companies, and places—not just topics.
- ✓Entities are the nouns of the news; matching on them makes your feed precise.
- ✓Entity signals are a weighted input in Headlinne's ranking, learned from your reading.
Frequently asked questions
How is an entity different from a topic?
A topic is a broad subject like "finance"; an entity is a specific thing in the news, like a particular company or person. Entity matching lets your feed follow that specific thread, not the whole category.
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