Overview
- Google activated a feature that lets people choose news outlets they want to see more often in Top Stories and Google News.
- Users can tap a star in Top Stories or hit an Add on Google button on article pages to mark a site as a preferred source.
- Google reports that people have selected more than 200,000 unique sites and that marked outlets are up to twice as likely to receive visits.
- Chosen sources influence sections like For You, Top Stories, Your Topics, Local News, and News alerts, with mobile showing them in Headlines and desktop highlighting them in featured results.
- Google still blends these picks with signals such as language, location, interests, and past activity on Google and YouTube, and publishers like Dow Jones say the tool gives readers more control and deeper engagement.