Google introduces a new feature called 'Preferred Sources' in the US and India, allowing users to select their favorite news sites and blogs to be prioritized in search results, enhancing personalized news consumption but potentially creating ideological bubbles.
Google is rolling out the Preferred Sources feature in the US and India, allowing users to select their favorite news sites to prioritize in the Top Stories section of Google Search, enhancing user control and potentially increasing traffic for publishers.
Google is testing a new feature called 'Preferred sources' in Search Labs that allows users in the US and India to customize their Top Stories carousel by selecting favorite news sites, which will then appear more prominently alongside algorithmically selected results.