Google Launches Preferred Sources in Search

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Google just rolled out Preferred Sources in the US and India, letting users prioritize their favorite sites in the Top Stories section. By selecting sources through Google Labs, you’ll see fresh and relevant updates from them first. For finance fans, this means faster access to market news, earnings, and stock analysis directly from outlets like Benzinga.

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00:00Google just changed search forever. Google just launched preferred sources in

00:05the US and in India. It lets you choose your favorite sites so that their stories

00:09show up first in your top stories section whenever they've got fresh

00:14relevant content for your search. For finance fans that means you can set

00:18Google to always show me Benzinga first so market news, earnings updates, and

00:24stock analysis hit your screen before anything else. Here's how to set it up.

00:28Go to the top left of your screen where the Google labs icon is. It'll bring you

00:33to this page. You scroll down to where it says preferred sources. Once you've

00:38clicked that you can check the box and then proceed to try it out. Now let's

00:43check out some news that's happening today. I heard something about Birkshire

00:46Hathaway so let's check that out. Upon hitting search you can see in the top

00:50stories there's the option to tap the icon on the right. We're gonna tap that and

00:55this is where you get to choose your preferred sources. So I'm gonna type

00:58in Benzinga. Check the box, hit reload results, and now you'll see in the top

01:03stories here we have a Benzinga article posted three hours ago. And now you're

01:07set up to get your desired news from your favorite sources.

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