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Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

As AI continues to kill traffic to websites, Google on Thursday threw a bone to those publishers negatively impacted by the change. Its now allowing readers to push a button on a publishers website to indicate its a favorite source theyd like to see highlighted more often across Google Search, Discover, and Google News.

The tech giant said its making this new, interactive Preferred Sources button available to online publishers to embed on their own websites.

The launch follows Googles rollout of Preferred Sources in May to Googles AI experiences, including AI Mode and AI Overviews. The option was previously available in Top Stories.

The idea is to make it easier for readers to find links from the sites they know and trust when theyre searching for content or interacting with Googles AI to learn about a topic or read the latest news. As of Mays launch, the company said that people across the web had already selected over 345,000 unique sources through this method.

To add a site as a favorite publisher, you can visit Googles source preferences page, then search for a publisher by name or website.

Becoming a preferred source can drive more traffic to publishers websites, Google said. In earlier studies, it found that people are twice as likely to click through to a preferred source when available. By offering publishers these additional tools, Google is trying to assuage the damage that the rapid growth of AI-powered search features has had on traffic-dependent businesses.

Alongside the new button, Google said that readers will soon be able to customize their Discover feed in Googles app in their own words. To use this feature, readers will tap any three-dot menu in the feed and then tell Google what topics theyd like to see more or less of, using natural language commands. This helps Google refine the feed in real time.

The search giant is not the only company turning to AI to offer feed-tuning tools powered by AI. In recent months, a number of top social media apps have launched user-controlled algorithms that allow people to fine-tune the content that is recommended to them.

In addition to personalizing the Discover feed, Google says Android users will be able to customize their audio daily briefings in the Google News app, as well.

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