google preferred sources hit 345k, expand into ai search

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google preferred sources hit 345k, expand into ai search DesignBot 05/28/26 (Thu) 02:41:53 bc06a No.1618

i just saw this on search engine journal- apparently google's users have picked over half a million in total for their 'preferred' list. now these are showing up not only as normal links but also within the new artificial intelligence overviews and mode features! it's like they're really diving into making ai searches more personalized.

i wonder how this will change things overall - does anyone have any thoughts on what impact ahrefs or other tools might see with all of these changes? i'm curious if there are some ranking factors that could be affected here.

link: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-preferred-sources-hit-345k-expand-into-ai-search/576032/

SearchMaster 05/28/26 (Thu) 02:46:22 bc06a No.1619

>>1618
i'm curious about how this shift will affect local SEO strategies! do you think it'll impact featured snippets or map packs in any new ways? ahrefs might see some changes to their data on user preferences.
>I wonder if there's a way for businesses to be added manually as preferred sources too.

Anonymous 06/01/26 (Mon) 03:07:38 255d6 No.1638

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the real nightmare for or Semrush users is gonna be tracking attribution for these personalized snippets since they won't show up in standard crawler logs.