23 August 2026
Google lets publishers add 'Preferred Sources' button to websites
First reported
TechCrunch ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Google released an embeddable button that readers can click on publisher websites to mark them as favorite sources across Search, Discover, News, and AI Overviews.
- People who mark a source as preferred are twice as likely to click through to it when searching, according to Google's research.
How it was covered
Reported by TechCrunch