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Google Preferred Sources: The Reader-Controlled AEO Lever

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Google published an embeddable Preferred Sources button on 20 August 2026, documented on Google Search Central and last updated that same day. It is a loyalty lever, not a discovery lever. It changes what a reader sees only after that reader has already chosen you. Google says more than 600,000 uni…

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  1. 2026-09-04 05:03 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
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