How to select your preferred sources in Top Stories in Search

Everyone has their own preferences about where and how they get their news, so we're launching a new feature in Search that lets you customize your experience to see more from your favorite sites within Top Stories.

With the launch of Preferred Sources in the U.S. and India, you can select your favorite sources and stay up to date on the latest content from the sites you follow and subscribe to — whether that’s your favorite sports blog or a local news outlet. Preferred Sources is rolling out today and will be broadly available in the coming days.

When you select your preferred sources, you’ll start to see more of their articles prominently displayed within Top Stories, when those sources have published fresh and relevant content for your search.

Here’s how to select your sources:

Once you select your sources, they will appear more frequently in Top Stories or in a dedicated "From your sources" section on the search results page. You’ll still see content from other sites, and can manage your selections at any time.

You can select as many sources as you like, and we learned from our early Labs users that people really value being able to select a range of sources — with over half of users choosing four or more. If you've previously signed up in Labs, your selections will automatically apply and you’ll continue to see more of those sites within Top Stories.

Publishers can encourage their followers and subscribers to select their website as a preferred source on Google by using resources found in this dedicated help center.

This is just one of the many ways that you can customize your Search experience in order to find the information that is most relevant to you.