By Guardian staff reporter
Publication Date: 2026-02-11 13:59:00
You may have noticed some changes in how news appears in Google search. The company recently rolled out a “Preferred Sources” feature that allows people to choose which outlets they’d like to see stories from, customised to their interests.
By selecting the Guardian as a preferred source you’ll have more control over what shows up in your search results without having to rely on the algorithm alone. Here’s how to do it.
How to add the Guardian as a preferred source
There are three easy ways to pick the Guardian as a preferred source on Google search.
1. You can click here, log into your Google account and select the first box featuring the Guardian.
2. Or, as you’re searching on Google, you can click the star icon next to the “Top Stories” box and enter the Guardian as a preferred source there.
3. You can also click our “Prefer the Guardian on Google”…
