Mastodawn

I am curious if anyone else has tried setting #PreferredSources for Google and what they picked. I added bsky.social and lemmy.world.

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MathiasTCK.bsky.social Feb 8

Today I found: www.google.com/preferences/... " #SourcePreferences Add or change your #PreferredSources any time. You’ll see these sources more often for your searches. Note: Sources that are not updated regularly may be unavailable. " I chose #NPR, #PBS, #Reuters and #Wikipedia.

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PPC Land Dec 14

Google's Preferred Sources goes global with doubled click rates: Google expands Preferred Sources globally on December 10, 2025 while launching commercial AI partnerships with publishers like The Guardian and Der Spiegel. https://ppc.land/googles-preferred-sources-goes-global-with-doubled-click-rates/ #Google #DigitalMarketing #PreferredSources #AIPartnerships #ClickThroughRate

Google's Preferred Sources goes global with doubled click rates

Google expands Preferred Sources globally on December 10, 2025 while launching commercial AI partnerships with publishers like The Guardian and Der Spiegel.

PPC Land

eicker.media ❖ social media Dec 11

#Google is expanding its #PreferredSources feature globally, allowing users to star publications in #TopStories for more relevant content. Additionally, Spotlighting subscriptions will highlight links from news subscriptions in #Gemini, with plans to expand to #AIOverviews and #AIMode. https://searchengineland.com/google-rolling-out-preferred-sources-globally-and-announces-spotlighting-subscriptions-465975?eicker.media #media #socialmedia

Google rolling out Preferred Sources globally and announces Spotlighting subscriptions

Spotlighting subscriptions are coming to Gemini first and then AI Mode and AI Overviews within Google Search.

Search Engine Land

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Nov 10

Search Engine Journal: Google’s Preferred Sources Tool Is Jammed With Spam. “Google’s Preferred Sources tool is meant to let fans of certain websites tell Google they want to see more of their favorite sites in the Top News feature. However, Google is surfacing copycat spam sites, random sites, and parked domains. Some of the sites appearing in the tool are so low quality that only their […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/10/search-engine-journal-googles-preferred-sources-tool-is-jammed-with-spam/