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Preferred sources

Users can mark sites as preferred sources. Those sites become more visible in Top Stories and are labelled in AI Mode and AI Overviews. Author’s view: it rewards brands people actively choose. On Day 3 Google said it can add a preferred-source badge, or a 'highly cited' badge, to a text result.

Based on D1-C027, D1-C028, D3-C317

3 claims · raised in 2 sessions · said or shown on Day 1 and Day 3

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Day 3: Serving: Ranking, Search Console, and Performance 1

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StageConsistent with docsD3-C317

Google can add elements to a text result, such as a 'highly cited' badge or a preferred-source badge.

Speaker Gary IllyesIn Day 3, 13:25 · How Search results are bornEvidence transcript

  • Extends D1-C027 Day 1: Sites that users mark as a preferred source are more visible in Top Stories and are labelled in AI Mode and…

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  1. Stage D3-C317 Day 3 · How Search results are born

    Google can add elements to a text result, such as a 'highly cited' badge or a preferred-source badge.

    extends
    Slide D1-C027 Day 1 · What's new in the world of Search

    Sites that users mark as a preferred source are more visible in Top Stories and are labelled in AI Mode and AI Overviews.

Sources 1