Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News via @sejournal, @M

<p>Google says users have selected 345,000 Preferred Sources, which now appear in AI Overviews and AI Mode alongside new link carousels. </p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google's Preferred Sources is now available as a global signal that can help SEO for Top Stories and Google Discover.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google brings Preferred Sources into AI Overviews and AI Mode, iPullRank measures Gmail's pull on AI Mode brand visibility, and new ad formats arrive. </p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google's Liz Reid argues personalization and preferred sources can help small publishers get found in AI search, though she shared no supporting data.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Add Google's Preferred Sources button with the standard embed, a configurable WordPress widget, or a deeplink.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google Ads introduces Journey-aware Bidding, Smart Bidding Exploration expansion, and new budget pacing updates for Search, Shopping, and Performance Max campaigns.</p> <p>The

<p>Google tests AI headline rewrites in Search, completes the March spam update in under 20 hours, and adds AI content labeling to structured data docs. </p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google added more link surfaces to AI Search, but not new reporting for publishers. Studies continue to show lower clicks when AI responses appear. </p> <p>The post <a