This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.
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John Mueller
johnmu.com
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We document it as 'When a user selects your site as a preferred source, your content is more likely to appear for them during relevant news queries in "Top Stories".' I don't think it makes sense to show spam to users just because of that, but it does help a user to see their preferred sources more.
2026-05-05T14:43:18.863Z