How to Add Google’s Preferred Sources Button to Your Website
Google’s Preferred Sources feature gives readers more control over which publishers they want to see in their search experience. For publishers and news websites, it provides an opportunity to encourage loyal readers to select their publication as a preferred source. Google has also introduced an easier way for publishers to add this functionality directly to their websites through an embeddable Preferred Sources button. Instead of sending visitors to Google’s general source-preferences page, the embedded button can provide a more direct experience. This guide explains how Google Preferred Sources works, how to check eligibility, how to add the button, and how to implement it on WordPress. What Is Google Preferred Sources? Google Preferred Sources allows individual users to indicate that they want to see content from a particular publication more prominently in relevant Google Search experiences. It is important to understand what the feature does and does not do . A...