Google introduced Preferred Sources, a feature that lets users prioritize chosen news outlets so their stories appear more prominently in Top Stories, News, and a From Your Sources section. Users can select outlets by checking boxes while logged into their Google account or by adding sources from the icon next to Top Stories after a search. Selecting an outlet like slate.com will prioritize its stories for relevant queries. The feature aims to make original reporting easier to find amid changes from A.I. Overviews that have altered how people navigate the internet and affected publishers' visibility.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. If you hadn't already read- perhaps in the pages of Slate-that Google was making changes to its algorithm, you've probably noticed it in your own searches. A.I. Overviews have significantly altered how we navigate the internet, which also means big changes for readers and publishers like Slate.
The feature is called Preferred Sources, and it lets you customize which outlets you want to see more prominently in your results. Just select outlets you know and like, and their stories will receive more prominent placement in Top Stories and News and appear in a specific From Your Sources section. If you'd like to make sure you're seeing Slate when you Google " spam recruiter text legit?" or " trump lying to supreme court," it's a quick and easy process.
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