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Policy2026-08-21 · source-backed
Publishers can embed a button on their own sites marking them as a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, including inside AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google says people are twice as likely to click through to a preferred source when one is available, and that over 345,000 unique sources had been selected this way as of May 2026. TechCrunch It's a response to AI answers eating clicks, and it puts the burden of recovery on the publisher's own existing audience. Which is to say it helps publishers who already have traffic.
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Google released AI Mode / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
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Linked by a graph relationship (Google released AI Mode); both cover Google, Search, TechCrunch; reported by the same outlet (techcrunch.com).
Google released AI Mode / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Google released AI Mode); both cover Google, Search; overlapping topics (already, answer, click, google).
Google released AI Mode / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Anthropic partners with Google / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Google released AI Mode / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Google released AI Mode); both cover Google, Search; overlapping topics (answer, click-through, google).
Google released AI Mode / Shared entities / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Google released AI Mode); both cover Discover, Google, Search; earlier Discover coverage from 2026-07-10.
Linked by a graph relationship (Google released AI Mode); both cover AI Mode, Google, Search; earlier AI Mode coverage from 2026-06-09.