Ask your readers to make you a Google 'Preferred Source'

Google lets people choose Preferred Sources, and your content can be highlighted with a 'preferred' badge in AI Mode and AI Overviews, not just Top Stories, for anyone who has picked your site. It's one of the few AI search signals you can influence directly through your own audience. To use it, check your domain shows up in Google's source preferences tool (only whole domains or subdomains qualify, not a /blog folder) and that your site is included in Search generative AI features in Search Console, then add Google's two-line 'Add to preferred sources' button to your site or share the link google.com/preferences/source?q=yourdomain.com in your newsletter and social posts. It only helps with people who already know you and sits on top of normal ranking, so treat it as a boost, not a shortcut.

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