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Google lets you pick preferred sources when you search

Google lets you pick preferred sources when you search

Google is officially rolling out Preferred Sources, which lets you curate search results. The feature allows you to pick specific or “preferred” sources, like a certain blog or news outlet, and see them more prominently when you use Google Search. Google started testing it in June and it should be available in the coming days to English language users in …

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Companies find new avenues to drive up sessions as Google's AI Search tools reduce web traffic (GOOG:NASDAQ) – Seeking Alpha

Companies find new avenues to drive up sessions as Google’s AI Search tools reduce web traffic (GOOG:NASDAQ)  Seeking Alpha Google’s AI Kills Traffic: Here’s How Small Businesses Can Survive  Forbes SEO beyond the website: Winning visibility in the AI era  Search Engine Land Google Says AI Previews Have Not Impacted Overall Referral Traffic From Search  Social Media Today And Then There Were Two…  puck.news Source …

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Google will now let you pick your top sources for search results

Google will now let you pick your top sources for search results

Google is rolling out a new feature called “Preferred Sources” in the U.S. and India, which allows users to select their preferred choice of news sites and blogs to be shown in the Top Stories section of Google’s search results. Enabling this feature means you will see more content from the sites you like, the company says. When users search …

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SEO beyond the website: Winning visibility in the AI era – Search Engine Land

SEO beyond the website: Winning visibility in the AI era  Search Engine Land How Small Business Can Survive Google’s AI Overview  Forbes The publishers’ guide to being gaslit by tech platforms (the AI edition)  Digiday How AI-Driven Search May Reshape Democracy, Economics, and Human Agency  Tech Policy Press What happens to the internet if no one clicks search links?  NPR Source link

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Missing teen found dead after week-long search

Missing teen found dead after week-long search

Giovanni Pelletier, 18, went missing on Friday, August 1 after sending a chilling text to his mom, Bridgette Pelletier, who was on vacation in Florida with him. 11:55 ET, 10 Aug 2025Updated 13:30 ET, 10 Aug 2025 Giovanni Pelletie, 18, went missing on August 1 while in Florida on vacation with his mother (Image: GoFundMe) Authorities have reportedly discovered a …

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Body found in search for Florida teen who mysteriously vanished after sending two-word text to his mom

Body found in search for Florida teen who mysteriously vanished after sending two-word text to his mom

Authorities in Florida have found the body of missing North Carolina teen Giovanni Pelletier, 18, in a tragic end to the week-long search for the teen.  His decomposing remains were found in a retention pond off I-75 and State Road 70 on Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The body was formally identified on Saturday afternoon.  The area …

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Trump Expands Search to Replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Meet the New Contenders – Barron's

Trump Expands Search to Replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Meet the New Contenders  Barron’s Bessent leads broad search for Fed chair that includes Bullard, Sumerlin  Reuters Christopher Waller Emerges as Favorite for Fed Chair Among Trump Team  Bloomberg.com Donald Trump says Hassett and Warsh are leading contenders for top Fed job  Financial Times Trump admin considering two new candidates to be next Fed chair: …

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Actually, AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

Actually, AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

Last month, a Pew Research Center report shed light on Google’s AI Overviews’ effect on web publishing. In short, the analysis painted an abysmal outlook for anyone relying on web traffic. But on Wednesday, Google Search head Liz Reid penned a blog post that puts quite a different spin on things. The Google VP claims traffic from search to websites …

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Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic

Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic

Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google on Wednesday denied that’s the case, at least in aggregate. Instead, the search giant says that total organic click volume from its search engine to websites has been “relatively stable” year-over-year and that average click quality …

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