Google Preferred Sources Now Reaches AI Mode and Overviews
Google Preferred Sources lets real people tell Google to show more of your site, and that preference now reaches AI Overviews and AI Mode.
In this week's Friday SEO Tip, Senior SEO Strategist Barb Senkala shows you what it is, how to check your eligibility, and how to get selected.
What You'll Learn:
→ What Google Preferred Sources actually is and how users select a site
→ Why the preferred badge now reaches AI Overviews and AI Mode, not just Top Stories
→ How to check if your site is eligible in about 30 seconds
→ Why only domains and subdomains qualify, but subdirectories do not
→ The exact steps to get your audience to select you, including the deep link and button
→ Straight answers to the questions clients ask most about Preferred Sources
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - What this episode covers
1:30 - What Google Preferred Sources actually is
3:15 - Why it matters for AI search
4:45 - How to check if your site is eligible
6:00 - How to get readers to select you
8:00 - Questions clients ask most
9:15 - Recap and next steps
Resources Mentioned:
Google Preferred Sources announcement: https://blog.google/products-and-plat...
Preferred Sources developer documentation: https://developers.google.com/search/...
Source preferences tool: https://www.google.com/preferences/so...
Preferred Sources as a global SEO signal (Search Engine Journal): https://www.searchenginejournal.com/g...
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