Google wants to choose your news sources for search operations

Perhaps in response to the suggestions that they are Research jobs She was It deteriorated Or It was raped by artificial intelligence summaries Which – which Not everyone wantsGoogle will allow you now Select news sources To narrow things down.

Company He said in a blog post This week, the favorite sources are launched in the United States and India in the next few days, along with an excessive symbol to the right of the upper stories in searches. Clicking on this excessive symbol allows you to do so Add blogs or news means. There is no end to the number of resources you can add.

“Once you choose your sources, you will appear frequently at the highest stories or in a dedicated section” from your sources “on the search results page. You will still see content from other sites, and you can manage your choices at any time,” said Google.

The new feature is the result of laboratory experience. Google says that in this version, half of its users added four or more sources. Google gave advice to web and owners ’publishers on how to give readers to add their site.

Talking about that, we will be short if we do not suggest Add CNET to your favorite Google search sources. We hear they are doing a great job.

What does this mean for news sites and their readers

The news institutions and other information sites have previously turned into meeting the Google search algorithm as well as those on other platforms including Facebook and Instagram. Publishers implemented a Video axis in 2010sIn recent years, it has produced more suitable content for participation Platforms like Tiktok.

Adding news preferences may be a double -edged sword, which allows you to control the search results with some project publishers closed with new echo rooms.

“It is almost similar to Google from my point of view, because news institutions are already concerned Loss of traffic to an artificial intelligence overviewAlex Mahahifan, Director Media in POYNERNon -party and non -party program for media literacy. “They now have to know how to make people choose their source in the source preferences.”

For major publishers who have a loyal audience, favorite sources may prove that the audience’s participation efforts can pay off. But Mahadevan says it will depend on how much people are ready to participate effectively in their list of news sources.

“I wonder about the number of people who will actually use it,” he said.

People may see their own beliefs, not a challenge

Mahahifan says that publishers who have not sowed were involved and loyal and have no means to direct their audiences.

“The thing that raises my concern about this is that you know the institutions that may not do this, it will erode the amount of the Google movement they get,” said Mahdhavan. “If more people want news from Fox News and choose Fox News among their sources of sources, it will thrive on other news sites that you may need traffic.”

As an experiment, Mahadevan says he has appointed Breitbart news network as a source using Google’s search feature, saying that he chose the extreme right -wing news source because it is It is known that he shares wrong information.

“Googling has started about definitions and the first thing I see is Breitbart,” he said. “So this also matters to me from the point of view of media literacy because I think it may lead people to more rooms,” they only see beliefs that are compatible with those who already keep it.

“It seems that it is a way for people to narrow their diet more news through Google’s research,” said Mahdhavan.

If the search engines improve, the way web sites for decades have drawn Google by generating good and related content, is effectively from the window, what does this mean for the future of publishing and media?

“Is there a strong base enough to eradicate media illiteracy for people to ensure that they choose good legal news means and a variety of news sources?” Mahadevan asked. “I don’t know if we are there yet.”